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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 56
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 with respect to the Acer access
and development program, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY9, 2025
Mr. W
ELCH(for himself, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. KING) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting All Pro-4
ducers Act’’ or the ‘‘SAP Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. ACER ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 6
Section 12306 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 7
U.S.C. 1632c) is amended— 8
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(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 1
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 2
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-3
lowing: 4
‘‘(e) C
ONSULTATIONS.— 5
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Beginning with the first re-6
quest for applications under this section that occurs 7
at least 1 year after the date of the enactment of 8
the SAP Act, not later than 6 months before such 9
a request for applications, the Secretary shall solicit 10
input from maple industry stakeholders with respect 11
to the research and education priorities of the maple 12
industry. 13
‘‘(2) C
ONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall 14
consider the information provided through the con-15
sultation required under paragraph (1) when making 16
grants under this section.’’; and 17
(3) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 18
striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 19
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