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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Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize an additional assessment on raw sugar cane produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida. Establishes an Everglades Agricultural Area Account in the Commodity Credit Corporation. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer Account funds to the South Florida Water Management District or other appropriate public entity to purchase agricultural lands in the Area.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 2 November 1995

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