[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8793]
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  SA 4856. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1054. JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF 
                   AGRICULTURE STUDY ON CHINESE MILITARY AND 
                   CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY INFLUENCE IN THE UNITED 
                   STATES AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, shall carry out a study 
     regarding the influence of the Chinese Communist Party and 
     the People's Liberation Army on the United States 
     agricultural supply chain. The study shall evaluate the 
     influence of the Chinese Communist Party and People's 
     Liberation Army on the importation and United States domestic 
     production of critical components used for animal feed and 
     animal nutrition.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the 
     Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a 
     report on the results of the study conducted under subsection 
     (a).
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