,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #difb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1
 #bjbb,mr4 ,durbin introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,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 affordable1           
fit-for-purpose bicycles1 to provide    
support to sustainably increase access  
to rural areas1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,bicycles for ,rural ,african   
,transport ,act4  #b4 ,rural mobility   
program in sub-,saharan ,africa  7a7    
,establishment  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,administrator of the ,united ,states   
,agency for ,international ,development 
7referred to in this section as ,,usaid7
 shall establish1 within the ,office of 

,gender ,equality and ,women's          
,empowerment1 a rural mobility program  
7referred to in this section as the     
,program7 to carry out the purposes     
described in paragraph 7#b71 including  
through grants made to eligible         
nongovernmental partner organizations4  
,in making such grants1 the             
,administrator shall give priority to   
organizations with demonstrated success 
conducting rural mobility programs in   
the region for such purposes4  7#b7     
,purpose ,the ,program shall focus on   
country-driven projects within          
sub-,saharan ,africa that-- 7,a7 promote
 rural communities' access to critical  
services and opportunities1 including   
education1 health care1 and livelihood  
opportunities1 through access to        
affordable1 fit-for-purpose bicycles2   
and  7,b7 provide support to sustainably
 increase access to critical services1  
such as education1 health care1 and     
livelihood opportunities in rural areas1
 including through support for          

rural-based mechanics1 access to spare  
parts1 reduction of social and          
gender-based stigma1 and community      
project management capacity4  7#c7      
,partnerships ,to the greatest extent   
practicable1 the ,program shall partner 
with existing entities outside the      
,united ,states that have successful    
models for providing access to          
affordable bicycles to achieve          
development objectives4  7#d7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section-- 7,a7 #c1jjj1jjj
 for each of the fiscal years #bjbc and 
#bjbd2  7,b7 #f1jjj1jjj for each of the 
fiscal years #bjbe and #bjbf2 and  7,c7 
#ab1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbg and   
for each fiscal year thereafter4  7b7   
,report  7#a7 ,prior projects ,not later
 than #cj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of ,,usaid shall submit a
 report to the ,committee on ,foreign   
,relations of the ,senate1 the          

,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 the ,committee on ,foreign     
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives that1 with respect to  
each of the fiscal years #bjai through  
#bjbb-- 7,a7 describes the projects     
carried out by ,,usaid that relate to   
any of the purposes described in        
subsection 7a77#b72  7,b7 identifies the
 countries in which ,,usaid embedded    
rural bicycle mobility into strategies1 
programs1 and projects of ,,usaid and   
describes the mechanisms by which rural 
bicycle mobility was so embedded2  7,c7 
specifies the number of bicycles        
distributed through projects carried out
 by ,,usaid2 and  7,d7 assesses the     
outcomes for1 and impacts on1           
participants in such projects and the   
efforts of ,,usaid to disseminate       
lessons learned from such projects4     
7#b7 ,current projects ,not later than  
,december #cj1 #bjbd1 and each ,december

 #cj thereafter1 the ,administrator of  
,,usaid shall submit a report to the    
congressional committees referred to in 
paragraph 7#a7 that-- 7,a7 describes the
 projects carried out by ,,usaid during 
the most recently concluded fiscal year2
 and  7,b7 includes information relating
 to the matters described in            
subparagraphs 7,b7 through 7,d7 of      
paragraph 7#a74