Sec. 592. Healthy eating in the Department of Defense
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The Secretary of Defense may establish an element of the Department of Defense responsible for implementing a plan to improve access to healthy food on military installations. If established, such element shall— be modelled on the Healthy Base Initiative of the Department; and include personnel with— expertise in food service operations; up-to-date knowledge of modern healthy food delivery systems; and deep understanding of food service in the Department. If implemented, the plan under paragraph
(1)shall include— leading practices from campus dining services at institutions of higher learning and private entities; and lessons learned from previous efforts of the Secretary to make such improvements. The Secretary may carry out a pilot program to develop and test appropriate business models that increase the availability, affordability, and acceptability of healthy foods in dining facilities of the Department. For each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary may establish a pilot program location at a military installation, located within the United States, of— the regular component of such Armed Force; and a reserve component of such Armed Force. A pilot program under this subsection shall include— expansion of the use of meal cards by members outside of the primary dining facility at the military installation concerned; and providing access to all personnel of such installation access to all dining venues at such installation. The commander of each a military installation described in paragraph
(2)may enter into an agreement with a local entity for the purposes of the pilot.