[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 57 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 57

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
    maple syrup under the seniors farmers' market nutrition program.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include 
    maple syrup under the seniors farmers' market nutrition program.

    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 ``Making Agricultural Products Locally 
Essential Act'' or the ``MAPLE Act''.

SEC. 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''.
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