This report reviews the legislative progress through December 31, 1971 of the rural development bills introduced in the U.S. Senate and House during the first session of the 92d Congress. For purposes of organization, this report presents 15 major rural development categories and limits this review to those bills and bill categories directed at economic, social, and cultural rural development. Each bill presented is identified in terms of its number, its author, its major provisions, and one of the following categories: (1) Revenue Sharing Bills; (2) Reorganization Bills; (3) Development Bank Bills; (4) Bills to Amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act; (5) Rural Industrial Incentive Bills; (6) National Policy; (7) Housing Bills; (8) Water and Waste Disposal Systems; (9) Rural Development and Population Dispersion Act of 1971; (10) Small Community Development; (11) National Rural Development Center; (12) Rural Telephone Bank; (13) Medical Care Bills; (14) Fire Prevention Bills; (15) Appalachia. A complete list of the proposed rural development legislation introduced during the 92d Congress is presented in the appendices. (JC)