Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025

Senate Bill

S. 2023

119th Congress

Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Jun 11, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Tammy Baldwin

D - WI

Cosponsors

5

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Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Summary

The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide research grants for developing publicly available crop seeds and animal breeds. This aims to make agricultural resources more accessible and beneficial for farmers and consumers.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Introduced6/11/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

ChamberSenate

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Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025

The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide research grants for developing publicly available crop seeds and animal breeds. This aims to make agricultural resources more accessible and beneficial for farmers a

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The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide research grants for developing publicly available crop seeds and animal breeds. This aims to make agricultural resources more accessible and beneficial for farmers and consumers.

Bill Number: 2023
Introduced: 6/11/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy Area: Agriculture and Food

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Title: Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025
Bill Number: 2023
Sponsor: No sponsor
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced: 6/11/2025
Summary: The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide research grants for developing publicly available crop seeds and animal breeds. This aims to make agricultural resources more accessible and beneficial for farmers and consumers.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

The Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide research grants for developing publicly available crop seeds and animal breeds. This aims to make agricultural resources more accessible and beneficial for farmers and consumers.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Seeds and Breeds for the Future Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide competitive research grants for the development of public cultivars (i.e., seeds) and animal breeds. The bill defines a public cultivar and public animal breed as the commercially available uniform end product of a publicly funded breeding program that has been sufficiently tested to demonstrate improved characteristics and stable performance. Further, if intellectual property rights are asserted, they are in the form of plant patents or plant variety protection and not utility patents. USDA must give priority to high-potential research projects that lead to the release of public cultivars and animal breeds, including those with specified adaptations, features, and benefits (e.g., that are regionally adapted, environmentally resilient, or of indigenous and place-based importance and are endangered). Any person who receives title to a plant patent or plant variety protection developed with grant funds may grant the exclusive right to use or sell that public cultivar or animal breed to another person only if that person agrees to substantially produce in the United States any cultivars or animals embodying, or produced through the use of, the public cultivar or animal breed. The bill also establishes a coordinator for public cultivars and animal breeding research within the USDA Research, Education, and Extension Office, whose duties include developing a strategic plan and promoting collaboration.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Provides USDA grants for research to create new public crop cultivars (seeds) and animal breeds with desirable traits like regional adaptability and environmental resilience.
Requires recipients of USDA grants to allow others to use the resulting cultivars and breeds if they agree to substantially produce them in the U.S.
Establishes a USDA coordinator to develop a strategic plan and promote collaboration on public cultivar and animal breeding research.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would primarily impact American farmers, who would have increased access to affordable, locally-adapted seeds and livestock breeds developed through public research. Consumers could also benefit from a more diverse and resilient agricultural system. The legislation aims to reduce reliance on proprietary seeds and breeds controlled by private companies.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Agriculture and Food

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

2023, 119th Congress (2025). "Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2023

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