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
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 30, 2008
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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