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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Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize an additional assessment on raw cane sugar and sugarcane molasses produced in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida. Establishes an Everglades Agricultural Area Account. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Account funds to make grants to the South Florida Water Management District or other appropriate public entity to purchase and make water storage improvements to agricultural lands in the Area for use in Everglades restoration.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 16 November 1995

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