Summary

Requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ask maple industry stakeholders for input on research and education priorities before future grant application rounds and to consider that input when awarding grants under the Acer access and development program. It also renumbers existing subparts of that statute and makes an unspecified edit to one existing subsection whose content is not shown in the amendment excerpt. The stakeholder input must be solicited at least six months before the next request for applications that occurs at least one year after the Act becomes law. No new funding is provided and most program operations remain unchanged, though the unspecified edit could alter existing text in ways not clear from the excerpt provided.

• Adds a requirement that USDA solicit maple industry stakeholder input on research and education priorities before future Acer program grant solicitations.
• Requires stakeholder input to be solicited at least six months prior to the next request for applications and considered when awarding grants.
• Applies beginning with the first grant solicitation that occurs at least one year after the law is enacted.
• Renumbers existing subsections of the Acer program statute (shifts (e)→(f) and (f)→(g)).
• Contains a strike-and-insert change to a redesignated subsection whose text is not provided, creating uncertainty about any additional substantive effects.
• Does not appropriate new funds or specify additional funding for the solicitation or program changes in the excerpt provided.
• Likely minor administrative impact on USDA program grant processes.
• Directly targets the maple production sector and associated researchers and educators.