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(3) The recommendation that the Agency en-
sure the comprehensive training program currently 
under development includes standard and consistent 
definitions of the key environmental justice concepts 
(such as ‘‘low-income’’, ‘‘minority’’, and ‘‘dispropor-
tionately impacted’’) and instructions for implemen-
tation of those concepts. 
The Administrator shall submit an initial report to Con-
gress within 6 months after the enactment of this Act re-
garding the Administrator’s strategy for implementing the 
recommendations referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3). Thereafter, the Administrator shall provide semi-
annual reports to Congress regarding the Administrator’s 
progress in implementing such recommendations and 
modifying the Administrator’s emergency management 
procedures to incorporate environmental justice in the 
Agency’s Incident Command Structure (in accordance 
with the December 18, 2006, letter from the Deputy Ad-
ministrator to the Acting Inspector General of the Agen-
cy). 
(d) FEDERAL ACTION PLAN
FOR SAVING LIVES, 
PROTECTING
PEOPLE
AND
THEIR
FAMILIES
FROM 
RADON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Because radon is a naturally 
occurring radioactive gas that is recognized as the 
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leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and 
is a particular environmental threat for low-income 
and minority individuals because of the lack of infor-
mation about radon levels in their own homes, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall within 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, implement the action plan en-
titled ‘‘Protecting People and Families from Radon: 
A Federal Action Plan for Saving Lives’’ (June 20, 
2011), working with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
with the other Federal agencies mentioned in and as 
set forth in the action plan. 
(2) SPECIFIC
STEPS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall take steps to 
achieve each of the following: 
(A) 
The 
recommendation 
that 
the 
workgroup comprised of the Federal agencies 
participating in the development of the action 
plan referred to in paragraph (1) implement 
specific steps within the current authority and 
activities of each Federal agency to reduce ex-
posure to radon. 
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(B) 
The 
recommendation 
that 
such 
workgroup meet on the 1-year anniversary of 
the plan to assess and recognize achievements 
of the plan. 
(3) REPORT.—The Administrator shall report 
to the Congress on the 1-year assessment of the 
plan’s implementation, including the challenges re-
maining and the progress in reducing radon expo-
sure particularly to low-income and minority fami-
lies. 
SEC. 1005. GRANT PROGRAM TO CONDUCT ENVIRON-
MENTAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES 
AND TO IMPROVE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF 
HEALTH. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, acting in collaboration with the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
the Director of the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a State or local community that— 
(A) bears a disproportionate burden of ex-
posure to environmental health hazards; 
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(B) bears a disproportionate burden of ex-
posure to unhealthy living conditions, low 
standard housing conditions, low socioeconomic 
status, poor nutrition, less opportunity for edu-
cational attainment, disproportionate unemploy-
ment rates, or lower literacy levels; 
(C) has established a coalition— 
(i) with not less than 1 community- 
based organization or demonstration pro-
gram; and 
(ii) with not less than 1— 
(I) public health entity; 
(II) health care provider organi-
zation; 
(III) academic institution, includ-
ing any minority-serving institution 
(including a Hispanic-serving institu-
tion, a historically Black college or 
university, and a tribal college or uni-
versity); or 
(IV) child-serving institution; 
(D) ensures planned activities and funding 
streams are coordinated to improve community 
health; and 
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(E) submits an application in accordance 
with subsection (c). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a 
grant program under which eligible entities shall receive 
grants to conduct environmental health improvement ac-
tivities and to improve social determinants of health. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the Director may require. 
(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—An eligible entity 
may use a grant under this section— 
(1) to promote environmental health; 
(2) to address environmental health disparities 
among all populations, including children; and 
(3) to address racial and ethnic disparities in 
social determinants of health. 
(e) AMOUNT OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall award 
grants to eligible entities at the 3 different funding 
levels described in this subsection. 
(2) LEVEL 1 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible entity 
awarded a grant under this paragraph shall use 
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the funds to identify environmental health prob-
lems and solutions by— 
(i) 
establishing 
a 
planning 
and 
prioritizing council in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(ii) 
conducting 
an 
environmental 
health assessment in accordance with sub-
paragraph (C). 
(B) PLANNING AND PRIORITIZING COUN-
CIL.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A prioritizing and 
planning council established under sub-
paragraph (A)(i) (referred to in this para-
graph as a ‘‘PPC’’) shall assist the envi-
ronmental health assessment process and 
environmental health promotion activities 
of the eligible entity. 
(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—Membership of a 
PPC shall consist of representatives from 
various organizations within public health, 
planning, development, and environmental 
services and shall include stakeholders 
from vulnerable groups such as children, 
the elderly, disabled, and minority ethnic 
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