[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2873]
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  SA 773. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tester, and Ms. 
Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 
                   TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY.

       (a) Consideration of Food Insecurity in Determinations of 
     the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.--
     Section 721(f) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
     U.S.C. 4565(f)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
       ``(11) the potential effects of the proposed or pending 
     transaction on the security of the food and agriculture 
     systems of the United States, including any effects on the 
     availability of, access to, or safety and quality of food; 
     and''.
       (b) Inclusion of Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and 
     Human Services on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
     United States.--Section 721(k)(2) of the Defense Production 
     Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(k)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J) as 
     subparagraphs (J), (K), and (L), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
       ``(H) The Secretary of Agriculture.
       ``(I) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.''.
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