Rural Development Act Amendments

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Rural Development Act Amendments - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into contracts for the construction and operation of three pilot facilities for the production of synthetic gas using a lignite or coal gasification process. States that synthetic gas so produced shall be sold exclusively as a feedstock to persons engaged in the production of nitrogen fertilizer. Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.…