[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4321. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF PLANT-BASED PROTEIN 
                   OPTIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE NAVY.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall establish a pilot program to 
     offer plant-based protein options at forward operating bases 
     for consumption by members of the Navy.
       (b) Locations.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the Secretary 
     of the Navy shall select not fewer than two naval facilities 
     to participate in the pilot program established under 
     subsection (a) and shall prioritize the selection of 
     facilities where livestock-based protein options may be 
     costly to obtain or store, such as Joint Region Marianas, 
     Guam, Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia, and United States 
     Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan.
       (c) Termination.--The requirement to carry out the pilot 
     program established under subsection (a) shall terminate 
     three years after the date on which the Secretary of the Navy 
     establishes the pilot program.
       (d) Report.--Not later than one year after the termination 
     of the pilot program established under subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the pilot program that includes the following:
       (1) The consumption rate of plant-based protein options by 
     members of the Navy under the pilot program.
       (2) Effective criteria to increase plant-based protein 
     options at facilities of the Navy not selected under 
     subsection (b).
       (3) An analysis of the costs of obtaining and storing 
     plant-based protein options compared to the costs of 
     obtaining and storing livestock-based protein options at 
     facilities of the Navy selected under subsection (b).
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prevent offering livestock-based protein options 
     alongside plant-based protein options at facilities of the 
     Navy selected under subsection (b).
       (f) Plant-based Protein Options Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``plant-based protein options'' means edible 
     products made from plants (such as vegetables, beans, and 
     legumes), fungi, or other non-animal sources of protein.
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