Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017
Latest action · May 26, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 25, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017
This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Environmental Justice, which must:
- complete and publish online environmental justice assessments of executive orders and discuss the assessments with the President before the executive orders are signed,
- review progress being made on implementing environmental justice policies at certain agencies,
- coordinate community and stakeholder outreach, and
- ensure that the goals of Executive Order 12898 relating to federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations are being actively implemented through science-based regulations in the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency.
In addition, the bill expands the membership of the Domestic Policy Council to include a representative from the office.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2017 to Jun 29, 2017, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | May 25, 2017 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | May 25, 2017 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jun 26, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 27, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 28, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 29, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- May 25, 2017Introduced in House
- May 25, 2017Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Due process and equal protection
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Government information and archives
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public participation and lobbying
- Racial and ethnic relations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 25, 2017Introduced in House
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