SAP Act

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1675 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 MAY 18, 2023 Mr. WELCH (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- trition, 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:16 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1675.IS S1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1675 IS (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) CONSULTATIONS.— 5 ‘‘(1) IN 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) CONSIDERATION.—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 ‘‘2028’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:16 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1675.IS S1675 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS