[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5789]
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  SA 6256. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 632. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEFENSE 
                   COMMISSARY AGENCY WORKING CAPITAL FUND.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Defense Commissary Agency Working Capital Fund for fiscal 
     year 2023 $550,000,000 in order to--
       (1) combat food insecurity among members of the Armed 
     Forces;
       (2) address the impact of inflation on costs of food in 
     commissaries; and
       (3) eliminate the requirement to offset operational costs 
     through higher grocery prices for commissary patrons.
       (b) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not 
     supplant other amounts authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Defense Commissary Agency Working Capital Fund.
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