National Rural Transportation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Rural Transportation Act - Title I: States the policy of the Congress, including that: (1) a national rural transportation policy be established taking into account the interdependence of the cities and the countryside and the national goal of promoting the growth and development of rural America; and (2) a two-year moratorium be declared on rail abandonments while a national rural transportation policy is developed. Title II: Aid to Rural Roads - Amendments Act to the Federal-Aid Highway Act - Defines the term "countryside areas" as meaning all areas of a State not included in urban areas. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 for primary and secondary highway systems and for bridge replacement and reconstruction under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973. Declares it to be in the vital interest of the Nation that an emergency bridge replacement program for non-Federal countryside roads and highways be established to enable States to replace bridges which are significantly important and unsafe or inadequate to serve area needs. Requires, under such Act, that the counties, in consultation with and with the assistance of the State, shall inventory, classif…