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 PUBLIC LAW 95-580—NOV. 2, 1978

92 STAT. 2475

Public Law 95- 580 95th Congress An Act To establish a Rural Transportation Advisory Task Force, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress hereby finds and declares that— (1) an adequate transportation system, made up of various modes of transportation, is essential to the overall success of the Nation's agriculture programs, to a sound program of rural development, and to the economic stability of the United States; (2) the economical and efficient movement of agricultural commodities (including forest products) and agricultural inputs has been impeded by a shortage of railroad freight cars and motor trucks and by the deteriorated condition of many rail roadbeds throughout the United States; (3) the economical and efficient movement of agricultural commodities (including forest products) and agricultural inputs is further threatened by the proposed abandonment by the railroad companies of thousands of miles of important railroad lines in the United States; (4) the maintaining of an efficient and economical transportation system for agriculture and rural development in the United States has not received the priority attention which such system should have received; and (5) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation have a responsibility to assume a more active role in representing the interests of agriculture and rural development in the United States in order to insure the availability of an adequate, efficient, and economical transportation system sufficient to meet the needs of agriculture and rural development in the United States. SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby created in accordance with the provisions of this section a Kural Transportation Advisory Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the "Task Force"). (b) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as the Secretaries) shall serve as Cochairmen of the Task Force, which shall consist of fourteen members in addition to the Cochairmen, appointed by the Secretaries on the following basis: (1) one to be selected from a list of qualified individuals recommended by the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) one to be selected from a list of qualified individuals recommended by the Secretary of Transportation; (3) one to be selected from a list of qualified individuals recommended by the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) one to be selected from a list of qualified individuals recommended by the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate;

Nov. 2, 1978 [S. 1835] Rural Transportation Advisory Task Force. Establishment. 49 USC 1653 note.

49 USC 1653 note. Cochairmen and membership,

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