3.0.0 2476 2023-01-01T23:42:45Z 2023-01-01T23:42:45Z Senate S 2021-07-27 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-07-13T14:53:35Z Referred to 2021-07-27T19:04:07Z Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2022 117 6759 HR 2022-02-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Related bill CRS 2022-07-13 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Committee 2021-07-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2021-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-07-27 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-07-27 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-07-27 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-07-27 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-07-27 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-07-27 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-07-27 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-07-29 False Environmental Protection Air quality Child health Climate change and greenhouse gases Community life and organization Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Environmental technology Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Minority health State and local government operations Environmental Protection 00 2021-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2022-10-21T17:01:32Z 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.

]]> Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot program for hyperlocal air quality monitoring projects in environmental justice communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2476is/xml/BILLS-117s2476is.xml 2022-07-13 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. 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.