[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2605-S2606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 448. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USE AMONG 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense should be commended for the 
     Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06 titled ``Use of 
     Dietary Supplements in the DoD'', which includes requirements 
     for the provision of dietary supplement safety education to 
     members of the Armed Forces and health care providers of the 
     Department of Defense for the prevention of serious medical 
     complications related to use of dietary supplements; and

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       (2) to support the implementation of that Instruction, 
     robust funding should be secured for the Operation Supplement 
     Safety program of the Department for the purpose of 
     broadening education efforts for members of the Armed Forces 
     and health care providers of the Department by facilitating 
     technological advancements and other improvements to--
       (A) the mobile application under that program commonly 
     referred to as the ``Operation Supplement Safety App''; and
       (B) the ingredient database under that program.
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