Congress 107 - HR 5637 - Environmental Justice Act of 2002

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Administrative procedure Citizen participation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Environmental assessment Environmental health Environmental justice Environmental law enforcement Environmental Protection Environmental research Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal installations Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Income statistics Law Medical statistics Minorities Minority health Native Americans Performance measurement Poor Public Lands and Natural Resources Public meetings of administrative bodies Racial discrimination Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Strategic planning

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Environmental Justice Act of 2002 - Requires Federal agencies to include achieving environmental justice in their missions through identifying and addressing any disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their activities on minority and low-income communities.

Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice.

Directs each Federal agency to develop an agency-wide environmental justice strategy.

Establishes the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and analyze data assessing environmental and human health risks borne by populations identified by race, national origin, or income. Targets for data collection those areas surrounding facilities expected to have a substantial environmental, human health, or environmental effect on surrounding populations.

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Oct 28, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Oct 11, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1855-1856)
Oct 10, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 10, 2002

Introduced in House

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