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To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2020 See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2020
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 12, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update, on an annual basis, and make available to the public an environmental justice mapping and screening tool, such as EJScreen.

What's happening now May 12, 2020

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 3591 Related bill America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020
  • S 3633 Identical bill A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly avai…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 12, 2020
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 12, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6826: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6826/
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"H.R. 6826: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6826/.
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H.R. 6826, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6826/.
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[H.R. 6826: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6826/)
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