H.R. 12917 — A bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to compile and publish certain information relating to the adequacy of a transportation system to meet the needs of agriculture and rural development in the United States, and for other purposes. | PoliFocus

H.R. 1291795th Congress

A bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to compile and publish certain information relating to the adequacy of a transportation system to meet the needs of agriculture and rural development in the United States, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Economics and Public Finance

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Summary

(Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1600)

Establishes a Rural Transportation Advisory Task Force, with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Transportation serving as Cochairmen, which shall prepare and publish a report (preceded by public hearings, and, if the Task Force chooses, an inititl report) which shall include recommendations for: (1) determining the essential needs of agriculture on a continuing basis; (2) establishing a national agricultural transportation policy; (3) methods of identifying impediments to a railroad transportation system adequate to meet the essential needs of the agriculture industry of the United States; and (4) the specific requirements of such a system. Requires submission of copies of such report to the appropriate Congressional committee and to the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 13454A bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to compile and publish certain information relating to the adequacy of transportation system to meet the needs of agriculture and rural development in the United States, and for other purposes.
1978-07-13Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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H.R. 13455A bill directing the Secretary of Agriculture to compile and publish certain information relating to the adequacy of a transportation system to meet the needs of agriculture and rural development in the United States, and for other purposes.
1978-07-13Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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S. 1835An Act to establish a Rural Transportation Advisory Task Force, and for other purposes.
1978-11-02Public Law 95-580.
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Legislative Actions

1978-06-01
Introduced in House
1978-06-01
Introduced in House
1978-06-01
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
1978-09-21
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1600.
1978-09-21
Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 95-1600.
1978-10-03
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
1978-10-03
Measure considered in House.
1978-10-04
Measure considered in House.
1978-10-04
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended, roll call #869 (352-49).
Roll Call #869 (House)
1978-10-04
Measure passed House, amended, roll call #869 (352-49).
Roll Call #869 (House)
1978-10-04
Measure laid on table in House, S. 1835 passed in lieu.

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