[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2868. Mr. BOOKER 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. IMPLEMENTATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF FOOD 
                   SERVICE GUIDELINES FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES.

       The Secretary of Defense shall, through the Defense 
     Logistics Agency and other applicable contracts for 
     subsistence items, implement the Food Service Guidelines for 
     Federal Facilities issued by the Department of Health and 
     Human Services at all facilities of the Department of 
     Defense, including by ensuring--
       (1) the choice of a nutritious, protein-rich, plant-based, 
     full-service entree option at each meal; and
       (2) nutritious, protein-rich, plant-based food options in 
     all rations, including meals ready-to-eat (MREs).
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