HR 9124 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

Introduced Oct 4, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA

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Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 4, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 4, 2022 to Oct 18, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-ILMarie NewmanOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-LATroy A. CarterOriginalOct 4, 2022
D-NYGrace MengOct 11, 2022
D-CAMike LevinOct 11, 2022
D-NYMondaire JonesOct 11, 2022
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOct 18, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Oct 4, 2022
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
Referred Nov 1, 2022

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
  2. Oct 4, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Oct 4, 2022Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseLists H8378H.R. 9124–9140—Oct 4, 2022

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 160, October 4, 2022, page H8378.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 5081Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022Identical billNov 14, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 4, 2022Introduced in House

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