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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6615 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
carry out a grant program for projects and activities to address climate 
justice concerns of environmental justice communities, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Ms. BARRAGA´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to carry out a grant program for projects 
and activities to address climate justice concerns of envi-
ronmental justice communities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate Justice Grants 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLIMATE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program under which the Administrator shall 
provide grants to eligible entities to assist the eligible enti-
ties in— 
(1) building capacity to address issues relating 
to climate justice; and 
(2) carrying out any activity described in sub-
section (d). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall be a Tribal 
government, local government, or nonprofit, community- 
based organization. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit to the 
Administrator an application at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Administrator 
may require, including— 
(1) an outline describing the means by which 
the project proposed by the eligible entity will— 
(A) with respect to climate justice issues at 
the local level, increase the understanding of 
the environmental justice community at which 
the eligible entity will conduct the project; 
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(B) improve the ability of the environ-
mental justice community to address each issue 
described in subparagraph (A); 
(C) facilitate collaboration and cooperation 
among various stakeholders (including members 
of the environmental justice community); and 
(D) support the ability of the environ-
mental justice community to proactively plan 
and implement climate justice initiatives; 
(2) a proposed budget for each activity of the 
project that is the subject of the application; 
(3) a list of proposed outcomes with respect to 
the proposed project; 
(4) a description of the ways by which the eligi-
ble entity may leverage the funds of the eligible enti-
ty, or the funds made available through a grant 
under this subsection, to develop a project that is ca-
pable of being sustained beyond the period of the 
grant; and 
(5) a description of the ways by which the eligi-
ble entity is linked to, and representative of, the en-
vironmental justice community at which the eligible 
entity will conduct the project. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity may only use 
a grant under this subsection to carry out culturally and 
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