[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5055]
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  SA 2811. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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 F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 358. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL 
                   RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE FOOD PROGRAM OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) implement the recommendations of the Comptroller 
     General of the United States contained in the report 
     published by the Comptroller General in June 2024 and titled 
     ``DOD Food Program: Additional Actions Needed to Implement, 
     Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members'' 
     (GAO-24-106155); or
       (2) if the Secretary does not implement any such 
     recommendation, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
     explaining why the Secretary has not implemented those 
     recommendations.
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