[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7661]
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  SA 4205. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 607. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROVISION OF FRESH PRODUCE TO 
                   MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--The Director of the Defense Commissary 
     Agency shall establish and carry out, during the one-year 
     period following the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
     pilot program under which boxes containing fresh fruit and 
     vegetables are made available, free of charge, to members of 
     the Armed Forces and their families at commissaries.
       (b) Selection of Locations.--The Director shall carry out 
     the pilot program required by subsection (a) at 9 
     commissaries. The Director shall select 3 commissaries from 
     each of the Eastern, Central, and Western commissary regions 
     for purposes of the pilot program.
       (c) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     conclusion of the pilot program required by subsection (a), 
     the Director shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the pilot program that assesses--
       (1) the effectiveness of the pilot program; and
       (2) the feasibility and advisability of providing boxes 
     containing fresh fruit and vegetables free of charge to 
     members of the Armed Forces and their families at additional 
     commissaries.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--The amount authorized 
     to be appropriated by section 1401 and available as specified 
     in the funding table in section 4501 for the Working Capital 
     Fund for the Defense Commissary Agency is hereby increased by 
     $550,000, with the amount of the increase to be available to 
     carry out the pilot program required by subsection (a).
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