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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 57 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include |
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| 6 | 6 | | maple syrup under the seniors farmers’ market nutrition program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY9, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. W |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELCH(for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | K |
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| 12 | 12 | | ING, and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 13 | 13 | | read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Forestry |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act |
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| 17 | 17 | | of 2002 to include maple syrup under the seniors farm- |
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| 18 | 18 | | ers’ market nutrition program. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Making Agricultural 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Products Locally Essential Act’’ or the ‘‘MAPLE Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 57 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. MAPLE SYRUP UNDER THE SENIORS FARMERS’ 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 4402(b)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(b)(1)) is amended 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | by inserting ‘‘maple syrup,’’ before ‘‘and herbs’’. 5 |
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