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S 2947 110th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Economics and Public Finance Farms Grants-in-aid Private forests Public Lands and Natural Resources Sugar Trees

Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2008

Introduced: April 30, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 30, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2008 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a voluntary public access program under which states and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public maple-tapping activities.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2947: Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2947/
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"S. 2947: Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2947/.
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S. 2947, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2947/.
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