MAPLE SYRUP Act

Bill: 118-s-1846
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-06-07
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Market Access, Promotion, and Landowner Education Support for Your Regionally Underserved Producers Act or the MAPLE SYRUP Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes the Acer Access and Development Program (Acer) at the Department of Agriculture through FY2028. The bill also changes the name of Acer to the Maple Research and Market Promotion Program. </p> <p>The Acer competitive grant program promotes the domestic maple syrup industry through activities associated with research and education related to maple syrup production, natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry, and the marketing of maple syrup and maple sap products. Acer also provides grants to encourage owners and operators of privately held land containing species of trees in the genus Acer to initiate or expand maple sugaring activities, or to voluntarily make the land publicly accessible for maple sugaring activities. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1846 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 7, 2023 Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. King , Mr. Welch , and Mr. Sanders ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize and rename the Acer Access and Development Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Market Access, Promotion, and Landowner Education Support for Your Regionally Underserved Producers Act or the MAPLE SYRUP Act . 2. Maple Research and Market Promotion Program Section 12306 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 1632c ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Acer Access and Development Program and inserting Maple Research and Market Promotion Program ; (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Secretary of Agriculture may make and inserting Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the Maple Research and Market Promotion Program , under which the Secretary may make ; (3) in subsection (e), by striking of Agriculture ; and (4) in subsection (f), by striking $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023 and inserting $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028 .