The purpose of this memorandum is to notify you that we are initiating the subject audit. This audit is a Congressional mandate established in Conference Report 118-204 to accompany the Department of Defense Appropriations for FY 2025 that directs the DoD OIG to submit a report to the congressional defense committees assessing the extent to which the Department of Defense has policies and procedures in place to ensure that the food the Department procures does not include seafood prohibited under Public Law 117-78, “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” and section 321 of Public Law 115-44, “Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.”