To amend title 10, United States Code, to require biennial assessments on the nutrition standards of the military departments, and for other purposes.

This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to assess, every two years, the nutrition standards of each military department and how well those standards show up in the food available to service members on military bases. Each assessment report would go to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and be posted on a public Department of Defense website, with the first report due by December 1, 2026. Within 180 days of enactment, Defense officials would also have to submit and publish a plan to increase access to nutritious food on military installations, following recommendations from a 2024 Government Accountability Office report. The plan must include a strategy for adding nutritious menu options at on-base food venues that are not funded with appropriated money.

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