Congress 108 - HR 654 - Environmental Justice Act

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Administrative procedure Civil actions and liability Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil rights enforcement Department of the Interior Environmental justice Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Law Minorities Racial discrimination Religion Religious liberty

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Environmental Justice Act - Requires the head of each Federal agency in the Department of the Interior: (1) before authorizing, funding, or carrying out a action under any Federal law, to consider whether the action will have any disparate impact on any member of a racial, ethnic, or religious minority; and (2) in authorizing, funding, or carrying out a action under any Federal law, to seek to limit disparate impacts to the extent possible consistent with such law. Provides that this Act shall not apply to an agency action to the extent that there is involved a matter relating to agency management or personnel.

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Mar 6, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Feb 7, 2003

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Feb 7, 2003

Introduced in House

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