Bill > HR5986

Introduced Session

To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the establishment of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement, and for other purposes. This bill establishes several environmental justice requirements, advisory bodies, and programs to address the disproportionate adverse human health or environmental effects of federal laws or programs on communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities. Specifically, the bill prohibits disparate impacts on the basis of race, color, or national origin as discrimination. Aggrieved persons may seek legal remedy when faced with such discrimination. In addition, the bill directs agencies to follow certain requirements concerning environmental justice. For example, agencies must prepare community impact reports that assess the potential impacts of their actions on environmental justice communities under certain circumstances. Further, it creates a variety of advisory bodies and positions, such as the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement. Among other things, the group must issue an environmental justice strategy. It also establishes requirements and programs concerning chemicals or toxic ingredients in certain products. For example, the bill (1) requires certain products (e.g., cosmetics) to include a list of ingredients or warnings; and (2) provides grants for research on designing safer alternatives to chemicals in certain consumer, cleaning, toy, or baby products that have an inherent toxicity or that are associated with chronic adverse health effects. Finally, it creates a variety of funding programs, such as a grant program to enhance access to park and recreational opportunities in an urban areas.

Committee Categories

Raúl Grijalva (D)*,  Alma Adams (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  André Carson (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Chuy García (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Joe Morelle (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Kilili Sablan (D),  John Sarbanes (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Bobby Scott (D),  José Serrano (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Abigail Spanberger (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Committee Hearings Held. (on 10/01/2020)

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