[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5926]
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  SA 6400. Mr. BOOKER 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PILOT PROGRAM ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT-
                   BASED PROTEIN FOR THE NAVY.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than March 1, 2023, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall establish and carry out 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, 2023, the Secretary 
     shall identify not fewer than two naval facilities to 
     participate in the pilot program and shall prioritize 
     facilities (such as Joint Region Marianas, Guam, Navy Support 
     Facility, Diego Garcia, and U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, 
     Japan) where livestock-based protein options may be costly to 
     obtain or store.
       (c) Authorities.--In establishing and carrying out the 
     pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy 
     may use the following authorities:
       (1) The authority to carry out research and development 
     projects under section 4001 of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) The authority to enter into transactions other than 
     contracts and grants under section 4021 of such title.
       (3) The authority to enter into cooperative research and 
     development agreements under section 4026 of such title.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
     construed to prevent offering livestock-based protein options 
     alongside plant-based protein options at naval facilities 
     identified under subsection (b).
       (e) Termination.--The requirement to carry out the pilot 
     program established under this section shall terminate three 
     years after the date on which the Secretary establishes the 
     pilot program required under this section.
       (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the termination 
     of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees 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 naval facilities not identified 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 
     selected naval facilities.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The term ``plant-based protein options'' means edible 
     vegan or vegetarian meat alternative products made using 
     plant and other non-livestock-based proteins.
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