§1632c — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can give competitive grants to States, tribal governments, and research institutions to help the U.S. maple syrup industry. Grants can pay for research and education about making maple syrup, work to keep forests and resources healthy, marketing maple syrup and sap products, and efforts to get private landowners to start or expand maple-sugaring or to let the public access their land for maple-sugaring. Applicants must describe what the grant will fund, the benefits they expect, and how much maple-sugaring or syrup production they think will increase. Federal grant rules cannot override State or tribal laws, including liability rules. Maple-sugaring means collecting sap from any Acer tree to boil into food. The Secretary must write any needed rules. Up to $20,000,000 was authorized each year from 2014 through 2023.

Title 7, §1632c

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(a)The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants to States, tribal governments, and research institutions to support the efforts of such States, tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through the following activities:

(1)Promotion of research and education related to maple syrup production.

(2)Promotion of natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry.

(3)Market promotion for maple syrup and maple-sap products.

(4)Encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land containing species of trees in the genus Acer—

(A)to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities on the land; or

(B)to voluntarily make the land available, including by lease or other means, for access by the public for maple-sugaring activities.

(b)In submitting an application for a competitive grant under this section, a State, tribal government, or research institution shall include—

(1)a description of the activities to be supported using the grant funds;

(2)a description of the benefits that the State, tribal government, or research institution intends to achieve as a result of engaging in such activities; and

(3)an estimate of the increase in maple-sugaring activities or maple syrup production that the State, tribal government, or research institution anticipates will occur as a result of engaging in such activities.

(c)Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to preempt a State or tribal government law, including a State or tribal government liability law.

(d)In this section, the term “maple-sugaring” means the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.

(e)The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.

(f)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 2014, and not as part of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.

§1632c Acer access and development program

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Title 7, §1632c

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