Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 28, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
This bill establishes an interagency Environmental Justice Mapping Committee that must create a tool to identify environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities are communities with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects, as compared to other communities.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish an environmental justice data repository to maintain the data collected by the committee. The EPA must make the repository available to regional, state, local, and tribal governments.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to May 24, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 15, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Apr 20, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Apr 28, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 24, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Jan 28, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47920 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Justice Activities and Programs | Report | Feb 13, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 516 | Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Feb 2, 2021 |
| HR 7585 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 29, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Environmental Justice Mapping Committee, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health information and medical records
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Water quality
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
