3.0.0 552 2019-11-15T21:44:28Z 2019-11-15T21:44:28Z Senate S S 2009-03-09 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-09T23:16:43Z Maple Tapping Access Program Act 111 1399 HR 2009-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2009-03-09 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2009-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-03-09 True 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 Senate 2009-03-24T14:04:49Z Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2009 - Amends the 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.

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

]]> Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2009 Display Title Maple Tapping Access Program Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public for maple-tapping activities under programs administered by States and tribal governments. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s552is/xml/BILLS-111s552is.xml 2009-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.