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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6186. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 subtitle E of title V, insert
the following:
SEC. . FOOD INSECURITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
TRANSITIONING OUT OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.
(a) Study; Education and Outreach Efforts.—
(1) Study.—The Secretary of Defense shall, in conjunction
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and other Federal
officials, as appropriate, conduct a study to identify the
means by which members of the Armed Forces are provided
information about the availability of Federal nutrition
assistance programs as they transition out of active duty
service.
(2) Education and outreach efforts.—The Secretary of
Defense, working with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and
other Federal officials, as appropriate, shall increase
education and outreach efforts to members of the Armed Forces
who are transitioning out of active duty service,
particularly those members identified as being at-risk for
food insecurity, to increase awareness of the availability of
Federal nutrition assistance programs and eligibility for
those programs.
(3) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall—
(A) submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report on the results of the study
conducted under paragraph (1); and
(B) publish such report on the website of the Department of
Defense.
(b) Working Group.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall establish a working group to address,
across the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and the Department of Agriculture, coordination,
data sharing, and evaluation efforts on underlying factors
contributing to food insecurity among members of the Armed
Forces transitioning out of active duty service (in this
subsection referred to as the “working group”).
(2) Membership.—The working group be composed of—
(A) representatives from the Department of Defense, the
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of
Agriculture;
(B) other relevant Federal officials, including those
connected to veteran transition programs; and
(C) other relevant stakeholders as determined by the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and
the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) Report.—
(A) In general.—Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to
each congressional committee with jurisdiction over the
Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and the Department of Agriculture a report on the
coordination, data sharing, and evaluation efforts described
in paragraph (1).
(B) Elements.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(i) An accounting of the funding each department referred
to in subparagraph (A) has obligated toward research relating
to food insecurity among members of the Armed Forces or
veterans.
(ii) An outline of methods of comparing programs and
sharing best practices for addressing food insecurity by each
such department.
(iii) An outline of—
(I) the plan each such department has to achieve greater
government efficiency and cross-agency coordination, data
sharing, and evaluation in addressing food insecurity among
members transitioning out of the Armed Forces; and
(II) efforts that the departments can undertake to improve
coordination to better address food insecurity as it impacts
members during and after their active duty service.
(iv) An identification of—
(I) any legal, technological, or administrative barriers to
increased coordination and data sharing in addressing food
insecurity among members transitioning out of the Armed
Forces; and
(II) any additional authorities needed to increase such
coordination and data sharing.
(v) Any other information the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the Secretary of
Agriculture determines to be appropriate.