Congress 115 - HR 2695 - Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017

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Due process and equal protection Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive agency funding and structure Indian social and development programs Poverty and welfare assistance Racial and ethnic relations

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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017

This bill establishes in the Environmental Protection Agency an Office of Environmental Justice. The office must create an environmental justice grant program that empowers and educates communities that are affected by local environmental or public health issues to understand those issues and identify ways to address them at the local level.

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Jun 9, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Jun 9, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jun 9, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
May 25, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 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.
May 25, 2017

Introduced in House

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