[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 569. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON USE OF SECOND-DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 
                   TO TRANSPORT FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO 
                   COMMISSARIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

       (a) Report Required.--In accordance with the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
     114-328) and recommendations in the report of the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Defense dated February 28, 2017, 
     regarding Pacific Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (FFV), the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report setting forth the following:
       (1) A description of the costs of using second-destination 
     transportation (SDT) to transport fresh fruit and vegetables 
     to commissaries in Asia and the Pacific in each of fiscal 
     years 2015 through 2017.
       (2) Recommendations for innovative, locally-sourced 
     alternatives to use of second-destination transportation in 
     order to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to commissaries in 
     Asia and the Pacific.
       (b) Submittal Date.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
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