[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2721-S2722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 612. Mr. WARNER 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. PROMOTION OF CERTAIN FOOD AND NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Each Secretary concerned shall promote, to 
     members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary, awareness of food and nutrition assistance 
     programs administered by--

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       (1) the Department of Defense; and
       (2) the Department of Agriculture.
       (b) Reporting.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     summarizing activities taken by the Secretary to carry out 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees;
       (B) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
     of the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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