3.0.0 4401 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z 2023-01-11T13:45:21Z Senate S 2020-08-03 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-03T22:10:09Z Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act 116 729 HR 2019-12-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grant Program Act 116 1334 HR 2019-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Related bill CRS Menstrual Products Right To Know Act of 2019 116 2268 HR 2019-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Transit to Trails Act of 2019 116 4273 HR 2019-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Related bill CRS Outdoors for All Act 116 4512 HR 2020-02-27 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Environmental Justice For All Act 116 5986 HR 2020-10-01 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Outdoors for All Act 116 1458 S 2019-05-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Transit to Trails Act 116 2467 S 2019-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2020-08-03 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2020-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2020-08-03 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-08-03 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-08-03 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-08-03 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-08-03 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. 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Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-08-05 False Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Air quality Buy American requirements Child health Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Community life and organization Congressional oversight Cosmetics and personal care Department of Transportation Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Due process and equal protection Ecology Economic development Electric power generation and transmission Employee benefits and pensions Employment and training programs Energy revenues and royalties Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental education Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Evidence and witnesses Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Federal-Indian relations Food supply, safety, and labeling Foreign language and bilingual programs Geography and mapping Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Gulf of Mexico Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Historical and cultural resources Housing and community development funding Indian lands and resources rights Indian social and development programs Infrastructure development Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Land use and conservation Legal fees and court costs Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marketing and advertising Medical research Mining Minority health Monuments and memorials Oil and gas Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Product safety and quality Public participation and lobbying Public transit Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations Regional and metropolitan planning Research administration and funding Rural conditions and development Sex and reproductive health Soil pollution Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Transportation programs funding Urban and suburban affairs and development User charges and fees Water quality Water use and supply Women's health Youth employment and child labor Environmental Protection 00 2020-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-13T16:36:03Z Environmental Justice For All Act

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.

]]> Environmental Justice For All Act Display Title Environmental Justice For All Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Environmental Justice For All Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4401is/xml/BILLS-116s4401is.xml 2020-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.