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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3432 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on initiatives of the Department of Defense to source 

locally and regionally produced foods for consumption or distribution 

at installations of the Department of Defense. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2021 

Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to submit to Congress a report on initiatives of the 

Department of Defense to source locally and regionally 

produced foods for consumption or distribution at installations of the Department of Defense. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm to Base Food 

5 Security Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE TO SOURCE LOCALLY AND REGION3 ALLY PRODUCED FOODS FOR INSTALLA4 TIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

7 of the United States shall submit to the appropriate com8 mittees of Congress a report detailing— 

9 (1) current procurement practices of the De10 partment of Defense regarding food for consumption 

11 or distribution on installations of the Department; 

12 (2) efforts by the Department of Defense to es13 tablish and strengthen ‘‘farm to base’’ initiatives to 

14 source locally and regionally produced foods, includ15 ing seafood, for consumption or distribution at in16 stallations of the Department; 

17 (3) efforts by the Department to collaborate 

18 with relevant Federal agencies, including the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs, the Department of 

20 Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce, to 

21 procure locally and regionally produced foods; 

22 (4) opportunities where procurement of locally 

23 and regionally produced foods would be beneficial to 

24 members of the Armed Forces, their families, mili25 tary readiness by improving health outcomes, and 

26 farmers near installations of the Department; 


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1 (5) barriers currently preventing the Depart2 ment from increasing procurement of locally and re3 gionally produced foods or preventing producers 

4 from partnering with nearby installations of the De5 partment; and 

6 (6) recommendations for how the Department 

7 can improve procurement practices to increase offer8 ings of locally and regionally produced foods. 

9 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit11 tees of Congress’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor14 tation, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

15 and Forestry of the Senate; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Committee on Natural Resources, and the Com18 mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representa19 tives. 

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