[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2646 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2646

  To amend the sugar price support program in the Agricultural Act of 
 1949 to provide for a additional assessment with respect to raw cane 
  sugar produced in the Everglades agricultural area in the State of 
Florida to finance land acquisition projects for the restoration of the 
                          Florida Everglades.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 1995

Mr. Shaw (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest) 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 in the Agricultural Act of 
 1949 to provide for a additional assessment with respect to raw cane 
  sugar produced in the Everglades agricultural area in the State of 
Florida to finance land acquisition projects for the restoration of the 
                          Florida Everglades.

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

SECTION 1. MARKETING ASSESSMENT ON FLORIDA RAW CANE SUGAR TO PROMOTE 
              RESTORATION OF FLORIDA EVERGLADES.

    Section 206 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446g) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(j) Everglades Agricultural Area Assessment.--
            ``(1) Additional assessment.--In addition to the assessment 
        required under subsection (i), the first processor of raw cane 
        sugar processed from sugarcane grown in the Everglades 
        agricultural area in the State of Florida or from sugarcane 
        molasses derived from such sugarcane shall remit to the 
        Commodity Credit Corporation a nonrefundable marketing 
        assessment in an amount equal to 2 cents per pound of such raw 
        cane sugar. Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (i) 
        shall apply to the assessment required by this subsection.
            ``(2) Account.--Funds collected under paragraph (1) shall 
        be deposited in an account (to be known as the ``Everglades 
        Agricultural Area Account'', which shall remain available to 
        the Secretary of Agriculture until expended.
            ``(3) Use of account.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        use amounts in the account to make grants to the South Florida 
        Water Management District or other appropriate entity for the 
        purpose of--
                    ``(A) assisting the State of Florida in purchasing 
                agricultural lands in the Everglades agricultural area 
                suitable for use in the restoration of the Florida 
                Everglades; and
                    ``(B) making modifications to such purchased lands 
                designed to improve water storage and delivery.
            ``(4) Period for assessment.--The assessment required by 
        this subsection shall apply to raw cane sugar processed from 
        sugarcane grown in the Everglades agricultural area and 
        marketed during the 1996 through 2000 fiscal years, except that 
        the Secretary shall terminate the assessment if the provision 
        of price support for sugar beets and sugarcane is terminated or 
        prohibited.
            ``(5) Everglades agricultural area.--The Secretary shall 
        determine the extent of the Everglades agricultural area in the 
        State of Florida.''.
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