HR 2696
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Due process and equal protection
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Racial and ethnic relations
Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017
Introduced: May 25, 2017
Introduced by:
Jayapal, Pramila
Democratic
· Washington
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017
This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Environmental Justice, which must:
- complete and publish online environmental justice assessments of executive orders and discuss the assessments with the President before the executive orders are signed,
- review progress being made on implementing environmental justice policies at certain agencies,
- coordinate community and stakeholder outreach, and
- ensure that the goals of Executive Order 12898 relating to federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations are being actively implemented through science-based regulations in the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency.
In addition, the bill expands the membership of the Domestic Policy Council to include a representative from the office.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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