Agricultural Transportation and Distribution Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Agricultural Transportation and Distribution Act of 1979 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, beginning in 1982, to prepare annual reports on: (1) the capability of the U.S. transportation system to meet the needs of the agricultural sector and of rural areas (including rural development needs and noting impediments to the transportation needs of rural people and to the movement of agricultural commodities to domestic and international markets); and (2) the principal marketing, distribution, and utilization systems, other than transportation, serving the agricultural industry, including both domestic and international aspects. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a transportation and distribution agency to coordinate Department programs and responsibilities involved with the transportation and distribution of agricultural commodities. Directs the Secretary to require the use of written contracts, with minimum requirements and conditions, covering the interstate movement by motor carriage of agricultural freight, where such movement involves the services of a broker or other third party. Directs the transportation and distribution agency to carry out a program of research…