Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 28, 2021)
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
This bill establishes an interagency Environmental Justice Mapping Committee that must create a tool to identify environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities are 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, as compared to other communities.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish an environmental justice data repository to maintain the data collected by the committee. The EPA must make the repository available to regional, state, local, and tribal governments.
What just happenedFeb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 28, 2021
- Feb 2, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee - Jan 28, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Natural Resources Committee - Jan 28, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jan 28, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House