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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6815 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
develop a geospatial mapping tool to identify disproportionately burdened 
communities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2025 
Ms. RIVAS (for herself, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CAR-
TER of Louisiana, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOLDMAN of 
New York, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. PLASKETT, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 develop a geospatial mapping tool to 
identify disproportionately burdened 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 ‘‘Environmental Justice 
Screening Tool Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. GEOSPATIAL MAPPING TOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION 
AGENCY 
TO 
IDENTIFY 
DIS-
PROPORTIONATELY 
BURDENED 
COMMU-
NITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop and 
publish on a publicly available website of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency a geospatial mapping tool to 
identify disproportionately burdened communities, to be 
known as the ‘‘Environmental Justice Screening Tool’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION OF DISPROPORTIONATE BUR-
DEN THRESHOLDS.— 
(1) THRESHOLDS.—In developing the tool 
under subsection (a), the Administrator shall, for 
each category of factors described in paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) determine a threshold for a census 
tract to be considered disproportionately bur-
dened with respect to that category; and 
(B) ensure the tool identifies as dispropor-
tionately burdened with respect to that category 
any community within a census tract that 
meets such threshold. 
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(2) CATEGORIES OF FACTORS.—The categories 
of factors described in this paragraph are the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Environmental factors, including the 
following: 
(i) Air quality. 
(ii) Access to safe drinking water. 
(iii) Proximity to any environmental 
hazard or potential environmental hazard, 
including— 
(I) a site that is listed on the Na-
tional Priorities List developed by the 
President in accordance with section 
105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9605(a)(8)(B)); 
(II) a brownfield site; 
(III) a well, pipeline, refinery, or 
other facility relating to the produc-
tion, refining, or downstream proc-
essing of oil or gas; or 
(IV) a municipal solid waste 
landfill unit. 
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(iii) Population density. 
(iv) Age distribution. 
(v) Gender distribution. 
(F) Any other category of factors the Ad-
ministrator may prescribe. 
(3) SOLICITATION OF FEEDBACK AND DATA.— 
The Administrator shall solicit feedback and data re-
garding the thresholds under paragraph (1) and the 
categories of factors described in paragraph (2) from 
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organiza-
tions, community-based organizations, and State, 
local, and tribal government officials, as determined 
appropriate by the Administrator. 
(c) ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than 
one year after the date on which the Administrator pub-
lishes the tool under subsection (a), and annually there-
after, the Administrator shall— 
(1) review the data informing the tool and, as 
the Administrator determines appropriate, update 
the tool; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the implementation of this 
section that contains, at a minimum— 
(A) a description of any updates made to 
the tool; and 
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(B) an identification of any census tract 
that, as a result of any such update, became 
identified as disproportionately burdened under 
the tool or ceased to be so identified. 
(d) ADOPTION ACROSS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 
Beginning not later than one year after the date on which 
the Administrator publishes the tool under subsection (a), 
the head of each Federal department or agency shall, to 
the extent and in the manner determined appropriate by 
such head, adopt such tool for use in identifying dis-
proportionately burdened communities and prioritizing 
funding or other resources of the department or agency 
to the benefit of communities so identified. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate. 
(2) BROWNFIELD SITE.—The term ‘‘brownfield 
site’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 
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of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9601). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes each 
territory or possession of the United States. 
Æ 
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