[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2390]
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  SA 203. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. 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) current procurement practices of the Department of 
     Defense regarding food for consumption or distribution on 
     installations of the Department;
       (2) efforts by the Department 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;
       (3) efforts by the Department of Defense to collaborate 
     with relevant Federal agencies, including the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the 
     Department of Commerce, to procure locally and regionally 
     produced foods;
       (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 of Defense;
       (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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