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Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2021

Introduced: July 27, 2021 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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Jul 13, 2022

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

Jul 27, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jul 27, 2021

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2021

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to implement a pilot program to award, on a competitive basis, grants or contracts to state, local, and tribal air agencies to carry out specified projects for hyperlocal air quality monitoring systems in environmental justice communities (i.e., communities with significant representation of communities of color, low income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects).

A project carried out using a grant or contract awarded under the pilot program may not exceed five years in duration.

What's happening now July 13, 2022

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.

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