3.0.0 691 2019-11-15T21:47:30Z 2019-11-15T21:47:30Z Senate S S 2011-03-30 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-30T22:15:48Z Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 112 3240 S 2012-08-28 By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2012. Report No. 112-203. Additional views filed. Related bill CRS Maple Tapping Access Program Act 112 1275 HR 2011-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . Identical bill CRS 2011-03-30 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2011-03-30 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. 2011-04-06 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Agricultural research Food industry and services Agriculture and Food 00 2011-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-11T17:02:26Z 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.

]]> 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 A bill to support State and tribal government efforts to promote research and education related to maple syrup production, natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry, market promotion of maple products, and greater access to lands containing maple trees for maple-sugaring activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s691is/xml/BILLS-112s691is.xml 2011-03-30 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.