S 691
112th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Food industry and services
Maple Tapping Access Program Act
Introduced: March 30, 2011
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
Mar 30, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 30, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to states and tribal governments to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through: (1) promotion of research and education, (2) promotion of natural resource sustainability, (3) market promotion, and (4) encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities or to voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-sugaring activities.
Defines "maple-sugaring" as the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1