3.0.0 5081 2023-08-25T22:47:52Z 2023-08-25T22:47:52Z Senate S 2022-11-14 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-11-14T22:48:53Z Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 117 9124 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS 2022-11-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6672) IntroReferral 2022-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2022-11-14 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-11-14 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-11-14 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2022-11-14 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-11-14 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2022-11-14 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2022-11-14 True Crime and Law Enforcement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2022-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-25T18:26:05Z Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.

]]> Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 Display Title Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5081is/xml/BILLS-117s5081is.xml 2022-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6672) 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.