Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act

3.0.0 437 2025-05-27T14:15:48Z 2025-05-27T14:15:48Z Senate S S 2023-02-15 118 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-15T19:56:56Z Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act 118 992 HR 2023-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2023-02-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S427-428) IntroReferral 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N International Affairs International Affairs 2023-03-17T01:30:23Z

00 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-06-29T20:27:54Z Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act This bill provides statutory authority for the U.S. Agency for International Development to administer a bicycle mobility program in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of the program is to (1) promote rural communities' access to critical services and opportunities by means of affordable bicycles; and (2) provide support to sustainably increase access to critical services in rural areas, including through support for rural-based mechanics, access to spare parts, and reduction of social and gender-based stigma. To the greatest extent practicable, the program must partner with overseas entities that have successful models for providing access to affordable bicycles.

Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act Display Title 45 Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act 2024-07-24T15:23:45Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act 2024-05-24T13:42:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to establish within the Office of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment of the United States Agency for International Development a rural mobility program to promote mobility in rural communities through access to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles, provide support to sustainably increase access to rural areas, and for other purposes. 2023-03-04T05:13:49Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s437is/xml/BILLS-118s437is.xml 2023-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S427-428) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.