SEC. 810.

Procurement of local produce, seafood, and meat in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command

DIVISION A · TITLE VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters · SUBTITLE A: Acquisition Policy and Management

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SECTION TEXT · SEC. 810.

(a) Procurement for certain facilities in the Indo-Pacific region

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to be carried out by the Defense Commissary Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency to increase procurement of local produce, seafood, and meat for a dining facility or commissary store located on a military installation or onboard a naval vessel located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Such plan will include a requirement, to the extent practicable, to procure local produce for commissary stores located in such area of responsibility.

(b) Prohibition on procurement of foreign produce or meat

Section 4862(g)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting , produce, or meat after seafood .

(c) Report

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that include the following:

(1)

The plan required under subsection (a), including ways in which the plan would—

(A)

support partner or allied nations that are experiencing economic coercion from China; and

(B)

provide fresher food in dining facilities or commissary stores described in such subsection.

(2)

The percentage of local produce, seafood, and meat available, and projected percentage after two years of implementing such plan—

(A)

in each commissary store located on a military installation located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command;

(B)

in each dining facility located on a military installation located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command; and

(C)

onboard a naval vessel located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.

(d) Local defined

In this section, the term local means, with respect to produce, seafood, or meat, that such produce, seafood, or meat is sourced from a partner or allied nation or a State or territory of the United States located in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.