<enum>XXX</enum><header>Discrimination regarding exposure to covered substances</header> <section id="HF6E8215B6FD542ADB88F7CD23893CEB8"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HFE2A6295D5834C298EB9A797957EC8CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means any entity which handles, manages, treats, releases, discharges, disposes of, stores, transports, removes, moves, or delivers covered substances.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFBA1B2FC85A465FA94355C00D9BA94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered substance</header><text>The term <term>covered substance</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7FDE9D39F4BE4A2FAD445E28832E7D00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any contaminant identified under the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of this Act).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7995DA23F7F449C99596C7807B271202"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any substance described in section 201(q) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FFDCA">Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act</act-name>, and any material registered pursuant to the Act referred to in paragraph (1) of such section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H413E14D0B6C34ADE92AA2F2EBFBE2B00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any chemical listed by the National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and Human Services as a known or probable human carcinogen.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H675B5C680D884F2E9C60AD51CC4070F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any substance defined in section 101(14) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CERCL">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980</act-name> and any chemical subject to section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79E299B006974BA8BD5DCDA9112FBD54"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any material subject to the requirements concerning material safety data sheets for chemicals under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD2914D07905493FA98EE50000F862CB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any chemical substance or mixture regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDA69CC6904D4310BCA64D2EFF540489"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Any hazardous waste identified under the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF06D672B88C4A13846BF0028FD2CC4"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D6E2A6EFEA9432A92703438E6751263"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any air pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09ABEBB45AE148B09B59C52352206468"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Such other contaminants, chemicals, materials, wastes, and substances as the President, acting through the head of the appropriate agency, determines to be appropriate for purposes of this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H0E248427E9A146389985623B4E4383EC"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Prohibition against discrimination</header> <subsection id="HD7521D9358F44A5DA6C8A966A282CCD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered entity shall not, on the ground of race, color, national origin, or economic status, disproportionately expose any person or community to any covered substance.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H75452C7E5EA5455CAF7544A04C157FEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H89E1492D891546DBA6FCEEE0CE342B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>A covered entity shall consult and work in partnership with the States, local government officials, and the Federal Government to comply with subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H279C00437EF34E40BFBDCC2B85DD3549"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Addressing disproportionate exposure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered entity shall address the actual or potential disproportionate exposure to covered substances of individuals or communities, on the ground of race, color, national origin, or economic status, prior to pursuing State and local administrative proceedings to obtain authorization or approval to handle, manage, treat, release, discharge, dispose of, transport, remove, move, deliver or otherwise use covered substances.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H606A1D44D08140528B2B62B0D755A625"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="H6A1C8F630320478995576C9D000460BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall require the appropriate Federal officials to issue regulations to implement this section consistent with the provisions of section 602 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name> relating to compliance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ADD6C8DD2E546398ECA7E9E80A7CC60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Compliance with this section may be effectuated (1) by the termination of or refusal to grant authorization to any covered entity to handle, manage, treat, release, discharge, dispose of, store, transport, remove, move, or deliver covered substances; or (2) by any other means authorized by law. With respect to any covered entity that is a recipient of Federal financial assistance, compliance may also be effectuated pursuant to section 602 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FB589072C7343F6BAA6FB5FB79E2FC4" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dates certain regarding regulations</header><text>For purposes of carrying out this section—</text> <subparagraph id="HED794FB8BA8D4B50AE52074B8E2D1D51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>proposed rules shall be issued not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Community Environmental Equity Act</short-title>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5AE82C47A9704885A51FF607EFA16472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>final rules shall be issued not later than 18 months after such date of enactment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26BC4E7489214886AF2FDB13AF036EA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such final rules shall take effect not later than 30 months after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HF892D220D82C4D1DAC20CCC8A8B9281C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Biennial report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which final rules are issued pursuant to subsection (c)(3)(B), and every 2 years thereafter, the Federal Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group (established under Executive Order 12898 (February 11, 1994)) shall submit to the Congress a report on activities carried out under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H42DB917D99734CAD84D1466D6352AADC"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Community health impact profile program grants</header> <subsection id="H01D6E88AED37436F968BB1E023BB3438"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a Health Impact Profile Program for the purpose of making grants to community-based organizations and community health centers to assist in the planning and development of community health impact profiles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5242E101F9CC4FCBB698F7B06A92536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center—</text> <paragraph id="H31D7E6FA8027468EA24B21349342CAD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is located in the community in which the grant will be used; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8024D0106D0349C4B3EAA59D264BD546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enters into a partnership with an entity in such community for purposes of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF9C825D612E44CEAE591925EBE032D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center agrees to use the grant for the following:</text> <paragraph id="H3A05659390464914929F3FCBEE45BE3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conducting an overall neighborhood health assessment to measure the prospective environmental health consequences of—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DCF542EAF3748D28F42154D2C277B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any significant proposed growth or redevelopment plan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA2A0B52F4644541A81B95598600D1BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any exposure in the community to covered substances.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50A8A6B0C0774DB394B423CBD2089BC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Building community expertise to develop health impact profiles through community-based organizations and community health centers. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CE2DB844A9F4CB7A8604E8926496405"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Improving community ability to identify harmful environmental exposure by covered entities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE39CC8A482834578A0C39342459B358E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Preserving a healthy and environmentally friendly community. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1DA5CFAE70D24E44B3F90E85CDAB9BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center agrees that, of the amount received through the grant, not more than 10 percent of such amount will be used to cover reasonable administrative costs necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection (c). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H9388682564614D6AA784438B5003B0C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. </text></subsection> </section>

Findings; purposes

(a)

Findings

The Congress finds the following: (1)There is a growing recognition that urban, low-income, and minority communities tend to be overburdened with polluting facilities such as waste transfer stations, power plants, superfund sites, brownfields, and toxic release inventory sites. (2)Poor and urban neighborhoods are forced to suffer the effects associated with increased waste processing because they often lack the resources to defend their rights and cannot quantify unhealthy environmental factors. (3)Addressing the problem of contaminated surroundings impacting low-income or minority communities must be a priority of this Nation. (4)Health respiratory conditions such as asthma can be traced to environmental conditions impacting a community such as air pollution and biological contaminants. (5)Asthma is one of the leading chronic health conditions in the United States (affecting over 15 million people) and the leading chronic youth illness (affecting 6.5 million children). (6)At risk communities need resources to gather information useful in planning preventive health and environmental strategies to protect residents from polluting conditions. (7)Alliances of community-based organizations and community health centers are often in the best position to develop neighborhood health profiles to assist heath policy makers in assessing the health impact of future growth or redevelopment. (8)Federal resources can help communities protect themselves from being disproportionately exposed to contaminants which can cause respiratory health complications such as asthma. (b)

Purposes

The purposes of this Act are— (1)to prevent any individual or community from being disproportionately exposed to hazardous materials; (2)to enable government agencies to protect individuals and communities from such exposure; (3)to give community-based organizations and community health centers the tools necessary to measure neighborhood impacts of environmental hazards; and (4) to enable such organizations and centers to maintain a health profile for their communities and in this manner prevent discriminatory exposure to hazardous substances.

Discrimination regarding exposure to hazardous substances

The Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following title:

<enum>XXX</enum><header>Discrimination regarding exposure to covered substances</header> <section id="HF6E8215B6FD542ADB88F7CD23893CEB8"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HFE2A6295D5834C298EB9A797957EC8CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered entity</header><text>The term <term>covered entity</term> means any entity which handles, manages, treats, releases, discharges, disposes of, stores, transports, removes, moves, or delivers covered substances.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFBA1B2FC85A465FA94355C00D9BA94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered substance</header><text>The term <term>covered substance</term> means any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H7FDE9D39F4BE4A2FAD445E28832E7D00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any contaminant identified under the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of this Act).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7995DA23F7F449C99596C7807B271202"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any substance described in section 201(q) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FFDCA">Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act</act-name>, and any material registered pursuant to the Act referred to in paragraph (1) of such section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H413E14D0B6C34ADE92AA2F2EBFBE2B00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any chemical listed by the National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and Human Services as a known or probable human carcinogen.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H675B5C680D884F2E9C60AD51CC4070F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Any substance defined in section 101(14) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CERCL">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980</act-name> and any chemical subject to section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79E299B006974BA8BD5DCDA9112FBD54"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Any material subject to the requirements concerning material safety data sheets for chemicals under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD2914D07905493FA98EE50000F862CB"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any chemical substance or mixture regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDA69CC6904D4310BCA64D2EFF540489"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Any hazardous waste identified under the <act-name parsable-cite="SWDA">Solid Waste Disposal Act</act-name>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF06D672B88C4A13846BF0028FD2CC4"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D6E2A6EFEA9432A92703438E6751263"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any air pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H09ABEBB45AE148B09B59C52352206468"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Such other contaminants, chemicals, materials, wastes, and substances as the President, acting through the head of the appropriate agency, determines to be appropriate for purposes of this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H0E248427E9A146389985623B4E4383EC"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Prohibition against discrimination</header> <subsection id="HD7521D9358F44A5DA6C8A966A282CCD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A covered entity shall not, on the ground of race, color, national origin, or economic status, disproportionately expose any person or community to any covered substance.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H75452C7E5EA5455CAF7544A04C157FEC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compliance</header> <paragraph id="H89E1492D891546DBA6FCEEE0CE342B88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>A covered entity shall consult and work in partnership with the States, local government officials, and the Federal Government to comply with subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H279C00437EF34E40BFBDCC2B85DD3549"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Addressing disproportionate exposure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered entity shall address the actual or potential disproportionate exposure to covered substances of individuals or communities, on the ground of race, color, national origin, or economic status, prior to pursuing State and local administrative proceedings to obtain authorization or approval to handle, manage, treat, release, discharge, dispose of, transport, remove, move, deliver or otherwise use covered substances.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H606A1D44D08140528B2B62B0D755A625"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="H6A1C8F630320478995576C9D000460BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall require the appropriate Federal officials to issue regulations to implement this section consistent with the provisions of section 602 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name> relating to compliance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4ADD6C8DD2E546398ECA7E9E80A7CC60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>Compliance with this section may be effectuated (1) by the termination of or refusal to grant authorization to any covered entity to handle, manage, treat, release, discharge, dispose of, store, transport, remove, move, or deliver covered substances; or (2) by any other means authorized by law. With respect to any covered entity that is a recipient of Federal financial assistance, compliance may also be effectuated pursuant to section 602 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CRA64">Civil Rights Act of 1964</act-name>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9FB589072C7343F6BAA6FB5FB79E2FC4" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dates certain regarding regulations</header><text>For purposes of carrying out this section—</text> <subparagraph id="HED794FB8BA8D4B50AE52074B8E2D1D51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>proposed rules shall be issued not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Community Environmental Equity Act</short-title>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5AE82C47A9704885A51FF607EFA16472"><enum>(B)</enum><text>final rules shall be issued not later than 18 months after such date of enactment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26BC4E7489214886AF2FDB13AF036EA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such final rules shall take effect not later than 30 months after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="HF892D220D82C4D1DAC20CCC8A8B9281C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Biennial report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which final rules are issued pursuant to subsection (c)(3)(B), and every 2 years thereafter, the Federal Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group (established under Executive Order 12898 (February 11, 1994)) shall submit to the Congress a report on activities carried out under this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H42DB917D99734CAD84D1466D6352AADC"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Community health impact profile program grants</header> <subsection id="H01D6E88AED37436F968BB1E023BB3438"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a Health Impact Profile Program for the purpose of making grants to community-based organizations and community health centers to assist in the planning and development of community health impact profiles.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5242E101F9CC4FCBB698F7B06A92536"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center—</text> <paragraph id="H31D7E6FA8027468EA24B21349342CAD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is located in the community in which the grant will be used; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8024D0106D0349C4B3EAA59D264BD546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enters into a partnership with an entity in such community for purposes of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBF9C825D612E44CEAE591925EBE032D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center agrees to use the grant for the following:</text> <paragraph id="H3A05659390464914929F3FCBEE45BE3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Conducting an overall neighborhood health assessment to measure the prospective environmental health consequences of—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DCF542EAF3748D28F42154D2C277B2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any significant proposed growth or redevelopment plan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEA2A0B52F4644541A81B95598600D1BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any exposure in the community to covered substances.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50A8A6B0C0774DB394B423CBD2089BC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Building community expertise to develop health impact profiles through community-based organizations and community health centers. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CE2DB844A9F4CB7A8604E8926496405"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Improving community ability to identify harmful environmental exposure by covered entities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE39CC8A482834578A0C39342459B358E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Preserving a healthy and environmentally friendly community. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1DA5CFAE70D24E44B3F90E85CDAB9BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not make a grant to a community-based organization or a community health center under this section unless the organization or center agrees that, of the amount received through the grant, not more than 10 percent of such amount will be used to cover reasonable administrative costs necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection (c). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H9388682564614D6AA784438B5003B0C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010. Funds appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. </text></subsection> </section>