MAPLE Act

Bill: 119-s-57
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2025-01-09
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential Act or the&nbsp;MAPLE Act</strong></p><p>This bill includes maple syrup as one of the eligible&nbsp;foods under the&nbsp;Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).&nbsp;</p><p>As background, the Department of Agriculture's&nbsp;SFMNP provides grants to participating states to provide low-income seniors with coupons/vouchers that&nbsp;may be used at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs to purchase eligible foods (i.e., fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally-grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey).</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 57 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2025 Mr. Welch (for himself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Schumer , Mr. Sanders , Mr. King , and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include maple syrup under the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential Act or the MAPLE Act . 2. Maple syrup under the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program Section 4402(b)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 3007(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting maple syrup, before and herbs .