A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 in order to give the Secretary of Agriculture additional authority to promote and stimulate development in rural areas, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to promote development of rural areas by assisting in the improvement of transportation services and facilities and in obtaining experimental transportation rates from or to rural areas by the initiation of actions before the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Maritime Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, or other Federal or State transportation regulatory body, or by working directly with individual carriers. Authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit the establishment of special freight and passenger rates to and from rural areas.…