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This bill would change the federal maple industry grant program so the Agriculture Secretary gets more direct input from people in the industry before deciding how to award money. It would require the Secretary to ask maple producers and other stakeholders for their views on the industry’s research and education needs, and then use that feedback when making grants. The bill would also keep the program available longer by extending its end date from 2023 to 2030.
- Before the first grant application round that starts at least one year after the bill becomes law, the Secretary must seek input from maple industry stakeholders.
- This input must be gathered at least 6 months before that grant application round begins.
- The Secretary must take the feedback into account when awarding grants under the program.
- The bill also updates the program’s expiration date from 2023 to 2030.
Official Summaries
Supporting All Producers Act of 2025 or the SAP Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to solicit input from maple industry stakeholders with respect to the research and education priorities of the maple industry for the Acer Access and Development Program (Acer). Specifically, the bill amends Acer to require USDA to consider the information provided through consultation with the maple industry when making program grants.
The bill also extends the program's authorization through FY2030.
As background, Acer provides competitive grants to states, tribal governments, and research institutions to support their efforts to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through activities associated with, among other things, the promotion of (1) research and education related to maple syrup production, and (2) natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 289 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 289
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
January 9, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself and Ms. Balint) 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
2025'' or the ``SAP Act of 2025''.
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 2025, 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 ``2030''.
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