HR 2695
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Due process and equal protection
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Indian social and development programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017
Introduced: May 25, 2017
Introduced by:
Jayapal, Pramila
Democratic
· Washington
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Jun 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jun 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
May 25, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 25, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017
This bill establishes in the Environmental Protection Agency an Office of Environmental Justice. The office must create an environmental justice grant program that empowers and educates communities that are affected by local environmental or public health issues to understand those issues and identify ways to address them at the local level.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.