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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8423 
To establish within the Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 
of the United States Agency for International Development a rural mobil-
ity program to promote mobility in rural communities through access 
to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles, provide support to sustainably in-
crease access to rural areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2022 
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish within the Office of Gender Equality and Wom-
en’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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bicycles for Rural Afri-
can Transport Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RURAL MOBILITY PROGRAM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRI-
CA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) shall establish within the Office of Gender 
Equality and Women’s Empowerment of USAID a 
rural mobility program (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘program’’) to carry out the purposes described 
in paragraph (2), including through grants made to 
eligible 
nongovernmental 
partner 
organizations, 
prioritizing those organizations with demonstrated 
success conducting rural mobility programs in the 
region to so carry out such purposes. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The program shall focus on 
country-driven projects within sub-Saharan Africa 
to— 
(A) promote rural communities’ access to 
critical services and opportunities, including 
education, health care, and livelihood opportuni-
ties, through access to affordable, fit-for-pur-
pose bicycles; and 
(B) provide support to sustainably increase 
access to critical services such as education, 
health care, and livelihood opportunities in 
rural areas, including through support for 
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rural-based mechanics, access to spare parts, 
reduction of social and gender-based stigma, 
and community project management capacity. 
(3) PARTNERSHIPS.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the program shall partner with existing 
entities overseas that have successful models for pro-
viding access to affordable bicycles to achieve devel-
opment objectives. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated— 
(A) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(B) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(C) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
(D) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
(E) $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) PRIOR PROJECTS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of USAID shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate a report on projects 
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carried out by USAID during each of fiscal years 
2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 relating to the pur-
poses described in subsection (a)(2). The report 
shall— 
(A) identify in which countries USAID em-
bedded rural bicycle mobility into strategies, 
programs, and projects of USAID; 
(B) describe the mechanisms by which 
rural bicycle mobility was so embedded; 
(C) specify the number of bicycles distrib-
uted each fiscal year; 
(D) assess the outcomes for and impacts 
on participants in such projects; and 
(E) assess USAID’s efforts to disseminate 
lessons learned from such projects. 
(2) CURRENT PROJECTS.—Not later than De-
cember 30, 2024, and each December 30 thereafter, 
the Administrator of USAID shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on 
projects carried out by USAID during the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall 
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