A bill directing the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive, nationwide study of the effects of railroad abandonment, to develop an effective policy to assure an adequate economic system for the transportation of freight with emphasis on branch line facilities in the movement of agricultural commodities, and prohibiting the Interstate Commerce Commission from authorizing any further abandonments of railway freight facilities for a period of 3 years after enactment of this act.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive, nationwide study of the effects of railroad abandonment, and to develop an effective policy to assure an adequate economic system for the transportation of freight with emphasis on branch line facilities in the movement of agricultural commodities. Prohibits the Interstate Commerce Commission from authorizing any further abandonments of railway freight facilities for a period of three years after enactment of this Act.…