3.0.0 1399 2019-11-15T20:45:21Z 2019-11-15T20:45:21Z House H HR 2009-03-09 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-23T17:54:46Z Referred to 2009-03-09T16:31:45Z Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2009 111 552 S 2009-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2009-04-23 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2009-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-03-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E592) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 N W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2009-03-23 False Agriculture and Food Farmland Food supply, safety, and labeling Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Agriculture and Food 00 2009-03-09 Introduced in House 2009-03-23T19:52:59Z Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Amends the the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to support state and tribal government efforts to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to: (1) initiate or expand maple-tapping activities; or (2) voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-tapping activities.

Gives priority to states and tribal governments that propose to: (1) maximize participation by offering program terms likely to meet with landowner acceptance; (2) increase maple-tapping activities and maple syrup production; (3) ensure that enrolled land has appropriate tree stock; and (4) use additional federal, state, tribal, or private resources in carrying out the program.

]]> Maple Tapping Access Program Act Short Titles as Introduced Maple Tapping Access Program Act Display Title Maple Tapping Access Program Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to support State and tribal government efforts to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land containing maple trees to make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping activities under programs administered by States and tribal governments. Introduced in House 2009-03-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1399ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1399ih.xml 2009-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.