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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6512. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 12. ANNUAL REPORT.
(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “Saving
Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act”.
(b) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through
December 31, 2030, the Secretary of State, in coordination
with the head of the relevant Federal department or agency
responsible for administering assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or
under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C.
1721 et seq) shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees that describes any foreign
assistance product or commodity that, despite all reasonable
efforts to prevent contamination, spoilage, or expiration or,
having reached the end of a product's useful life under the
laws of the United States or of the recipient country, was
destroyed during the reporting period.
(c) Contents.—The report required under subsection (b)
shall include, for each product or commodity that was
contaminated, spoiled, expired, or reached the end of its
useful life and was destroyed—
(1) a description of the reasonable efforts made to prevent
waste and ensure the product or commodity reached the
intended beneficiaries;
(2) the reason the product or commodity could not be made
available to the intended beneficiaries, including a
description of any relevant domestic laws or regulations of
the intended beneficiary country that impeded or prohibited
the delivery, donation or sale of such product or commodity
prior to its spoilage, expiration date, or the date on which
the product reached the end of its useful life;
(3) the purpose of the product or commodity and the
geographic locations of the intended beneficiaries of such
product or commodity;
(4) the procured and market value of the products or
commodity; and
(5) the cost incurred to destroy the product or commodity,
as applicable.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Foreign assistance product or commodity.—The term
“foreign assistance product or commodity” means any product
or commodity provided by the United States Government under
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151
et seq.) or under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480;
7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), including food, specialized nutrition
products, medicines, vaccines, and medical supplies and
devices that are procured, acquired, managed, controlled, or
held in warehouse, ships, shipping
containers, or any other storage facility, by the United
States Government or an implementing partner of the United
States Government.
(3) Reporting period.—The term “reporting period”
means—
(A) with respect to the initial report required under
subsection (b), the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which such
report is submitted to the appropriate congressional
committees; and
(B) with respect to all subsequent reports required under
subsection (b), the period beginning on the day after the
date on which the prior report was submitted pursuant to
subsection (b) and ending on the date on which the next
report is submitted.