[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3512 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3512

 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the Acer access 
            and development program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2023

  Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Ms. Balint, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Pappas, Ms. 
 Kuster, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Williams of New 
    York, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Molinaro, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the Acer access 
            and development program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting All Producers Act of 
2023'' or the ``SAP Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ACER ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 12306 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1632c) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
    ``(e) Consultations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning with the first request for 
        applications under this section that occurs at least 1 year 
        after the date of the enactment of the SAP Act of 2023, not 
        later than 6 months before such a request for applications, the 
        Secretary shall solicit input from maple industry stakeholders 
        with respect to the research and education priorities of the 
        maple industry.
            ``(2) Consideration.--The Secretary shall consider the 
        information provided through the consultation required under 
        paragraph (1) when making grants under this section.''; and
            (3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``2023'' and inserting ``2028''.
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