[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4647-S4648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2292. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 891. REPORT ON ABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                   IDENTIFY PROHIBITED SEAFOOD IMPORTS IN SUPPLY 
                   CHAIN FOR FOOD PROCUREMENT.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     assessing whether the Department has policies and procedures 
     in place to

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     verify that the food the Department procures does not include 
     seafood originating in the People's Republic of China the 
     importation of which is prohibited under section 307 of the 
     Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307), including pursuant to a 
     presumption under--
       (1) section 3 of the Act entitled ``An Act to ensure that 
     goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Autonomous 
     Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the 
     United States market, and for other purposes'', approved 
     December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117-78; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) 
     (commonly referred to as the ``Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 
     Act''); or
       (2) section 302A of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
     Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9241a).
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