[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8366]
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  SA 4761. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. Rubio) 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 376. REPORT ON INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                   SOURCE LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRODUCED FOODS 
                   FOR INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report detailing--
       (1) efforts by the Department of Defense to establish and 
     strengthen ``farm to base'' initiatives to source locally and 
     regionally produced foods, including seafood, for consumption 
     or distribution at installations of the Department;
       (2) efforts by the Department to collaborate with relevant 
     Federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of 
     Commerce, in efforts to procure locally and regionally 
     produced foods;
       (3) current procurement practices of the Department of 
     Defense regarding food for consumption or distribution on 
     installations of the Department;
       (4) opportunities where procurement of locally and 
     regionally produced foods would be beneficial to members of 
     the Armed Forces, their families, military readiness by 
     improving health outcomes, and farmers near installations of 
     the Department;
       (5) barriers currently preventing the Department from 
     increasing procurement of locally and regionally produced 
     foods or preventing producers from partnering with nearby 
     installations of the Department; and
       (6) recommendations for how the Department can improve 
     procurement practices to increase offerings of locally and 
     regionally produced foods.
       (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives.
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