[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2575 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2575

    To amend the sugar price support program to establish a special 
     assessment for raw cane sugar marketed from production in the 
   Everglades Production Area in the State of Florida to be used for 
                restoration of the Everglades ecosystem.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 1995

  Mr. Deutsch (for himself and Mr. Gibbons) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the sugar price support program to establish a special 
     assessment for raw cane sugar marketed from production in the 
   Everglades Production Area in the State of Florida to be used for 
                restoration of the Everglades ecosystem.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA.

    Section 206 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446g) is 
amended--
            (a) in subsection (i)--
                    (1) in paragraph (1)--
                            (A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        (C);
                            (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' 
                        after the semicolon; and
                            (C) by inserting ``and'' after the 
                        semicolon in subparagraph (B); and
                            (D) by inserting a new subparagraph (C) 
                        that reads as follows:
                    ``(C) in the case of marketings from production 
                from the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida as 
                determined by the Secretary, in addition to assessments 
                under subparagraph B, the sum of 2 cents per pound of 
                raw cane sugar for each of the 1996 through 2000 fiscal 
                years;''
            (b) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (c) by inserting a new subsection (j) that reads as 
        follows:
    ``(j) Everglades Agricultural Area Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Account.--The Secretary shall establish an 
                Everglades Agricultural Area Account as an account of 
                the Commodity Credit Corporation.
                    ``(B) Area.--The Secretary shall determine the 
                extent of the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida 
                for the purposes of subsection (i)(1)(C) and 
                subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Commodity credit corporation.--The funds 
                collected from the assessment provided in subsection 
                (i)(1)(C) shall be paid into the Everglades 
                Agricultural Area Account of the Commodity Credit 
                Corporation, and shall be available until expended.
                    ``(D) Purposes.--The Secretary is authorized and 
                directed to transfer funds from the Everglades 
                Agricultural Area Account to the South Florida Water 
                Management District or other appropriate public 
                entities for the purpose of purchasing agricultural 
                lands in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida 
                and for other related purposes.''.
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