(A) the nature of each rule under consider-
ation for each subject area listed in the agenda 
pursuant to paragraph (1); 
(B) the objectives and legal basis for the 
issuance of each rule listed in the agenda pur-
suant to paragraph (1); and 
(C) an approximate schedule for com-
pleting action on any rule for which the agency 
has issued a general notice of proposed rule-
making; and 
(3) the name and telephone number of an agen-
cy official knowledgeable concerning the items listed 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Each agenda shall be transmitted 
to the head of the Office for comment, if any. 
(c) 
FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES.—Each 
agency 
shall— 
(1) provide notice of each agenda to frontline 
communities or representatives of the frontline com-
munities through— 
(A) direct notification of frontline commu-
nities; or 
(B) publication of the agenda in publica-
tions likely to be obtained by frontline commu-
nities; and 
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(2) invite comments on each subject area on the 
agenda. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) precludes an agency from considering or 
acting on any matter not included in an agenda of 
the agency; or 
(2) requires an agency to consider or act on any 
matter listed in the agenda. 
SEC. 302. INITIAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 
ANALYSIS. 
(a) DETERMINATION
OF POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT 
IMPACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever an agency is re-
quired by section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
or any other law, to publish a general notice of pro-
posed rulemaking for a proposed rule, or publishes 
a notice of proposed rulemaking for an interpretative 
rule involving the internal revenue laws of the 
United States, the Board of Advisors, in coordina-
tion with the Director of the agency, shall determine 
whether the proposed rule may have a significant 
impact on 1 or more frontline communities. 
(2) DETERMINATION
OF
NO
POTENTIAL
SIG-
NIFICANT IMPACT.—If the Board of Advisors deter-
mines under paragraph (1) that a proposed rule will 
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not have a significant impact on 1 or more frontline 
communities, the Board of Advisors shall make pub-
licly available on the website of the Office and pub-
lish in the Federal Register a statement of the ra-
tionale for that determination. 
(b) INITIAL REGULATORY ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 305(b), in 
the case of a proposed rule that the Board of Advi-
sors determines may have a significant impact on 1 
or more frontline communities under subsection 
(a)(1), the applicable agency shall— 
(A) in coordination with the Director of 
the agency, prepare an initial climate and envi-
ronmental justice analysis; and 
(B) make available for public comment the 
initial climate and environmental justice anal-
ysis under subparagraph (A). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) 
IMPACT
ON
FRONTLINE
COMMU-
NITIES.—An initial climate and environmental 
justice analysis under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
describe the quantitative and qualitative im-
pacts of the proposed rule on frontline commu-
nities, including cultural impacts. 
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(B) PUBLICATION.—The initial climate 
and environmental justice analysis under para-
graph (1)(A), or a summary of that analysis, 
shall be published in the Federal Register at 
the time of the publication of the general notice 
of proposed rulemaking for the rule. 
(3) TRANSMISSION.—The agency shall transmit 
a copy of the initial climate and environmental jus-
tice analysis under paragraph (1)(A) to the head of 
the Office. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each initial climate and envi-
ronmental justice analysis under subsection (b)(1)(A) 
shall contain— 
(1) a description of the reasons why action by 
the agency is being considered; 
(2) a succinct statement of the objectives of, 
and legal basis for, the proposed rule; 
(3) a description of and, where feasible, an esti-
mate of the number of residents of frontline commu-
nities on which the proposed rule will have a signifi-
cant impact; 
(4) a description of the impact to individual 
frontline communities; 
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(5) a description of input and comments from 
coordination with frontline communities under sec-
tion 305; 
(6) a justification for the incorporation or rejec-
tion of any comments from coordination with front-
line communities under section 305; 
(7) a description of the individuals and groups 
from the coordination with frontline communities 
under section 305; and 
(8) an identification, to the extent practicable, 
of all relevant Federal rules which may duplicate, 
overlap, or conflict with the proposed rule. 
(d) SIGNIFICANT ALTERNATIVES.—An initial climate 
and environmental justice analysis under subsection 
(b)(1)(A) shall contain a description of any significant al-
ternatives to the proposed rule that— 
(1) accomplish the stated objectives of applica-
ble statutes; and 
(2)(A) minimize any significant negative eco-
nomic, environmental, or public health impact of the 
proposed rule on frontline communities; or 
(B) maximize any significant positive economic, 
environmental, or public health impact of the pro-
posed rule on frontline communities. 
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(e) PROJECTED IMPACTS.—An initial climate and en-
vironmental justice analysis under subsection (b)(1)(A) 
shall include a description of— 
(1) any projected economic, environmental, or 
public health impacts, positive or negative, on front-
line communities as a result of the proposed rule; 
(2) any potential cumulative impact on frontline 
communities that results from the proposed rule, in 
combination with previously promulgated rules; 
(3) any significant alternatives to the proposed 
rule that— 
(A) accomplish the stated objectives of ap-
plicable statutes; and 
(B)(i) minimize any significant negative 
economic, environmental, or public health im-
pact of the proposed rule on frontline commu-
nities; or 
(ii) maximize any significant positive eco-
nomic, environmental, or public health impact 
of the proposed rule on frontline communities; 
and 
(4) the advice and recommendations of rep-
resentatives of frontline communities under section 
305(c)(1) relating to issues described in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3). 
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SEC. 303. FINAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 
ANALYSIS. 
(a) FINAL ANALYSIS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—When an agency promul-
gates a final rule under section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, after being required by that 
section or any other law to publish a general notice 
of proposed rulemaking, or promulgates a final in-
terpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws 
of the United States as described in section 302(a), 
and the agency was required to prepare an initial 
climate and environmental justice analysis for the 
applicable proposed rule under section 302(b)(1)(A), 
the agency shall prepare a final climate and environ-
mental justice analysis. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each final climate and 
environmental justice analysis under paragraph (1) 
shall contain— 
(A) a statement of the need for, and objec-
tives of, the rule; 
(B) a statement of— 
(i) the issues raised by frontline com-
munities through consultation under sec-
tion 305 in preparing the initial climate 
and environmental justice analysis under 
section 302(b)(1)(A); 
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(ii) an assessment of the issues de-
scribed in clause (i); and 
(iii) any modification to the proposed 
rule as a result of the assessment de-
scribed in clause (ii); 
(C)(i) the response of the agency to any 
comments filed by the head of the Office or the 
Board of Advisors in response to the proposed 
rule; and 
(ii) a detailed statement of any change 
made to the proposed rule in the final rule as 
a result of the comments described in clause (i); 
(D) a description of and an estimate of the 
number of residents of frontline communities to 
which the rule will apply or an explanation of 
why no such estimate is available; and 
(E) a description of the steps the agency 
has taken to minimize the negative, or maxi-
mize the positive, significant economic, environ-
mental, and public health impact on frontline 
communities that are consistent with the stated 
objectives of applicable statutes, including— 
(i) a statement of the factual, policy, 
and legal reasons for selecting the alter-
native adopted in the final rule; and 
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(ii) a description of why each 1 of the 
other significant alternatives to the rule 
considered by the agency which affect the 
impact on frontline communities was re-
jected. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—In developing the final 
climate and environmental justice analysis under 
paragraph (1), the agency shall give strong consider-
ation to the comments, recommendations, and find-
ings within a report of a review panel under section 
305(c)(6), if any, to ensure that benefits are maxi-
mized to impacted frontline communities. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—The head of the agency shall 
publish in the Federal Register the final climate and envi-
ronmental justice analysis under subsection (a)(1) or a 
summary of that analysis. 
SEC. 304. AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATIVE OR UNNECESSARY 
ANALYSES. 
(a) SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSES.—An agency may per-
form the analyses required by sections 301, 302, and 303 
in conjunction with or as a part of any other agenda or 
analysis required by any other law if the other analysis 
satisfies the provisions of those sections, including the 
analyses required under chapter 6 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) SMALL NUMBERS AFFECTED.—Sections 302 
and 303 shall not apply to any proposed or final rule 
if— 
(A) the head of the agency certifies that 
the rule will not, if promulgated, have a signifi-
cant economic, environmental, or public health 
impact on a substantial number of members of 
1 or more frontline communities; and 
(B) the head of the Office, in consultation 
with the Board of Advisors, approves of the cer-
tification under subparagraph (A). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—If the head of the agency 
makes a certification under paragraph (1)(A), the 
agency shall— 
(A) publish the certification in the Federal 
Register at the time of publication of general 
notice of proposed rulemaking for the rule or at 
the time of publication of the final rule, along 
with a statement providing the factual basis for 
such certification; and 
(B) provide the certification and statement 
described in subparagraph (A) to the head of 
the Office. 
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(c) SIMILAR RULES.—In order to avoid duplicative 
action, at the discretion of the Board of Advisors and in 
consultation with the applicable Director, an agency may 
consider a series of closely related rules as 1 rule for the 
purposes of sections 301, 302, 303, and 306. 
SEC. 305. PROCEDURES FOR GATHERING COMMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—When a rule is promulgated that 
will have a significant economic, environmental, or public 
health impact on a substantial number of members of 1 
or more frontline communities, the head of the agency pro-
mulgating the rule shall ensure that frontline communities 
have been given an opportunity to participate in the rule-
making for the rule through, at a minimum— 
(1) the inclusion in an advanced notice of pro-
posed rulemaking, if issued, of a statement that the 
proposed rule may have a significant economic, envi-
ronmental, or public health effect on a substantial 
number of members of 1 or more frontline commu-
nities; 
(2) the publication of general notice of proposed 
rulemaking in publications likely to be obtained by 
frontline communities; 
(3) the direct notification of interested frontline 
communities, including through community centers 
and schools; 
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(4) the conduct of open conferences or public 
hearings concerning the rule for frontline commu-
nities, including soliciting and receiving comments 
over computer networks; and 
(5) the adoption or modification of agency pro-
cedural rules to reduce the cost or complexity of par-
ticipation in the rulemaking by frontline commu-
nities. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Prior to publication of an ini-
tial climate and environmental justice analysis under sec-
tion 302(b)(1)(A) for a proposed rule— 
(1) an agency shall notify the head of the Office 
of the initial climate and environmental justice anal-
ysis and provide the head of the Office with informa-
tion on— 
(A) the potential impacts of the proposed 
rule on frontline communities; and 
(B) the type of frontline communities that 
might be affected; 
(2) the agency shall ensure that frontline com-
munities have been given an opportunity to partici-
pate through public comment in accordance with 
subsection (a); 
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(3) the agency shall carry out the review panel 
process described in subsection (c) for the proposed 
rule; and 
(4) the agency shall— 
(A) incorporate comments, advice, and rec-
ommendations from frontline communities; and 
(B) where appropriate, modify— 
(i) the proposed rule; or 
(ii) the initial climate and environ-
mental justice analysis. 
(c) REVIEW PANELS.— 
(1) FRONTLINE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE 
ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
(A) IDENTIFICATION
OF
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the head of the Office receives the ma-
terials described in subsection (b)(1) for a pro-
posed rule, the head of the Office, in coordina-
tion with the Board of Advisors, shall— 
(i) identify individuals representative 
of affected frontline communities; and 
(ii) appoint those individuals to an ad-
visory committee established for the pur-
pose of obtaining advice and recommenda-
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tions from those individuals about the po-
tential impacts of the proposed rule. 
(B) NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the number of individuals appointed to 
an advisory committee under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be determined by the head of 
the Office, in coordination with the Board 
of Advisors, based on the scope of the pro-
posed rule described in that paragraph. 
(ii) MINIMUM.—Not fewer than 2 in-
dividuals shall be appointed under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) with respect to each pro-
posed rule described in that subparagraph. 
(C) COMPENSATION.—A representative on 
an advisory committee who is not an officer or 
employee of the Federal Government shall be 
compensated at a rate equal to the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 
under chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of title 5, United States Code, for each day 
(including travel time) during which the rep-
resentative is engaged in the performance of the 
duties of the advisory committee. 
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(D) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A representative 
on an advisory committee shall be allowed trav-
el expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of 
agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
title 5, United States Code, while away from 
their homes or regular places of business in the 
performance of services for the advisory com-
mittee. 
(E) INAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to an advisory committee estab-
lished under subparagraph (A)(ii). 
(2) CONVENTION OF REVIEW PANELS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An agency carrying out 
an initial climate and environmental justice 
analysis for a proposed rule under section 
302(b)(1)(A) shall convene a review panel for 
the rule, consisting of— 
(i) full-time Federal employees of the 
office within the agency responsible for 
carrying out the proposed rule; 
(ii) the Director of the agency; 
(iii) full-time Federal employees of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Af-
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fairs within the Office of Management and 
Budget; 
(iv)(I) the head of the Office; or 
(II) 1 or more employees of the Of-
fice; and 
(v) 1 or more members of the Board 
of Advisors. 
(B) FUNCTIONS.—A review panel convened 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) review any material the agency has 
prepared in connection with this title, in-
cluding any draft proposed rule; and 
(ii) collect advice and recommenda-
tions of the advisory committee of frontline 
community 
representatives 
established 
under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) on— 
(I) issues relating to the frontline 
community that are described in sub-
sections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of sec-
tion 302; and 
(II) any other relevant informa-
tion relating to the potential impact of 
the proposed rule on the frontline 
community. 
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(C) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which an agency convenes a 
review panel under subparagraph (A), the re-
view panel shall submit a report to the head of 
the agency on— 
(i) the comments and recommenda-
tions of the advisory committee of frontline 
community 
representatives 
established 
under paragraph (1)(A)(ii); and 
(ii) the findings of the review panel as 
to the issues described in subparagraph 
(B)(ii). 
(d) AGENCY DISCRETION.—The head of an agency 
may apply subsection (b) to rules that the head of the 
agency intends to certify under section 304(b), but that 
the head of the agency believes may have a greater than 
de minimis impact on a substantial number of members 
of 1 or more frontline communities. 
SEC. 306. PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES. 
(a) PERIODIC REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
shall publish in the Federal Register a plan for the 
periodic review of the rules issued by the agency that 
have or will have a significant economic, environ-
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mental, or public health impact on a substantial 
number of members of 1 or more frontline commu-
nities. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.—The plan under paragraph 
(1) may be amended by an agency at any time by 
publishing the revision in the Federal Register. 
(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the periodic re-
view under paragraph (1) shall be to determine 
whether the rules subject to the review should be— 
(A) continued without change; or 
(B) amended, consistent with the statutes 
under which the rules were issued, to minimize 
any significant economic, environmental, or 
public health impact of the rules on a substan-
tial number of members of 1 or more frontline 
communities. 
(4) REVIEW
OF
EXISTING
RULES.—The plan 
under paragraph (1) shall provide for the review of 
rules of the agency under that paragraph to be com-
pleted— 
(A) for rules of the agency existing on the 
date of enactment of this Act, not later than 
the date that is 10 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act; and 
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(B) for rules of the agency adopted after 
the date of enactment of this Act, not later 
than the date that is 10 years after the date on 
which the final rule is issued. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In reviewing rules under the 
plan under subsection (a)(1) to minimize negative or maxi-
mize positive significant economic, environmental, or pub-
lic health impact of the rule on a substantial number of 
members of 1 or more frontline communities in a manner 
consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, 
the agency shall consider— 
(1) the impact of the rule on the relevant front-
line communities; and 
(2) the length of time since the rule has been 
evaluated or the degree to which technology, eco-
nomic conditions, or other factors have changed that 
are relevant to the rule. 
(c) ANNUAL LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each year, the head of each 
agency shall publish in the Federal Register a list of 
the rules which have a significant economic, environ-
mental, or public health impact on a substantial 
number of members of 1 or more frontline commu-
nities, which are to be reviewed pursuant to this sec-
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tion during the 12-month period starting on the date 
of the publication of the list. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The list under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) include— 
(i) a brief description of each rule; 
and 
(ii) the need for and legal basis of 
each rule; and 
(B) invite public comment on each rule. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) SMALL NUMBERS AFFECTED.—This section 
shall not apply to a rule if— 
(A) the head of the agency certifies that 
the rule does not or will not have a significant 
economic, environmental, or public health im-
pact on a substantial number of members of 1 
or more frontline communities; and 
(B) the head of the Office, in consultation 
with the Board of Advisors, approves of the cer-
tification under subparagraph (A). 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—If the head of the agency 
makes a certification under paragraph (1)(A), the 
agency shall— 
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(A) publish the certification in the Federal 
Register, along with a statement providing the 
factual basis for such certification; and 
(B) provide the certification and statement 
described in subparagraph (A) to the head of 
the Office. 
SEC. 307. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
(1) FINAL AGENCY ACTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For any rule subject to 
this title, a frontline community that is relevant 
with regard to a final agency action is entitled 
to judicial review of agency compliance with the 
requirements of sections 303, 304(b), and 306 
in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(B) 
COMPLIANCE.—Agency 
compliance 
with section 305(a) shall be judicially review-
able in connection with judicial review of section 
303. 
(2) JURISDICTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each court having ju-
risdiction to review a rule for compliance with 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code, or 
under any other provision of law, shall have ju-
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risdiction to review any claims of noncompliance 
with sections 303, 304(b), and 306 in accord-
ance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(B) 
COMPLIANCE.—Agency 
compliance 
with section 305(a) shall be judicially review-
able in connection with judicial review of section 
303. 
(3) LIMITATION.—A frontline community may 
seek a review described in paragraph (1) during the 
period— 
(A) beginning on the date of final agency 
action; and 
(B) ending on the later of— 
(i) the date required by the statute 
under which the applicable rule was issued; 
and 
(ii) 1 year after the date described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(4) RELIEF.—In granting any relief in an ac-
tion under this section, the court shall order the 
agency to take corrective action consistent with this 
title and chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, 
including— 
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(A) remanding the rule to the agency for 
correction; and 
(B) deferring the enforcement of the rule 
against frontline communities unless the court 
finds that continued enforcement of the rule is 
in the public interest. 
(5) NO LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY.—Nothing 
in this subsection limits the authority of a court to 
stay the effective date of a rule, or provision of a 
rule, under any other provision of law or to grant 
any other relief in addition to the requirements of 
this section. 
(b) RECORD.—In an action for the judicial review of 
a rule, the climate and environmental justice analysis for 
that rule, including an initial climate and environmental 
justice analysis prepared or corrected pursuant to sub-
section (a)(4)(A), shall constitute part of the entire record 
of agency action in connection with such review. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—Compliance or noncompliance by 
an agency with the provisions of this title shall be subject 
to judicial review only in accordance with this section. 
(d) SAVINGS.—Nothing in this section bars judicial 
review of any other impact statement or similar analysis 
required by any other law if judicial review of such state-
ment or analysis is otherwise permitted by law. 
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SEC. 308. AVAILABILITY. 
Any analysis conducted, or other document prepared, 
under this title shall be made available to the public 
through the Office. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL 
INVESTMENTS 
SEC. 401. REVIEW OF FEDERAL INVESTMENTS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years there-
after, the head of the Office shall work with the head of 
each agency to determine which investments of the agency 
have an environmental or climate change nexus. 
(b) REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, for each invest-
ment of an agency identified under subsection (a), 
the Director of the agency and the head of the agen-
cy shall carry out a review of the investment to en-
sure that, to the extent allowable by law, frontline 
communities benefit from the investment. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The review under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) an examination of the eligibility re-
quirements for the investment to ensure that 
frontline communities can compete to receive 
the investment; 
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(5) an examination of how to increase the diver-
sity of recipients of the investment. 
(d) RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.—Not less frequently 
than once every 10 years, the head of the Office shall work 
with the head of each agency and the Director of that 
agency to review the application and administration of any 
investment of the agency with an environmental or climate 
change nexus to ensure that the investment is serving 
frontline communities. 
(e) FINAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After an agency carries out 
a review under subsection (b), (c), or (d), the head 
of the agency shall, in coordination with a review 
panel under section 402(b), if any, prepare a final 
report describing the results of the review. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A final report under 
paragraph (1) shall contain— 
(A) a statement of the need for, and the 
objectives of, the investment; 
(B) a statement of— 
(i) the recommendations of the review 
panel under section 402(d)(2), if any; and 
(ii) any changes made in the imple-
mentation of the investment as a result of 
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the recommendations described in clause 
(i), if any; and 
(C) a description of the steps the agency 
has taken to ensure that frontline communities 
benefit from the investment, including a de-
scription of the factual, policy, and legal rea-
sons why each of the recommendations de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i), if any, was re-
jected or adopted. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—In preparing a final re-
port under paragraph (1), the head of the agency 
with jurisdiction over an investment subject to addi-
tional review under section 402, in coordination with 
the head of the Office, shall give strong consider-
ation to the findings and recommendations described 
in the report under section 402(d). 
(4) PUBLICATION.—The head of the agency 
preparing the final report under paragraph (1) shall 
publish in the Federal Register— 
(A) the final report; or 
(B) a summary of the final report. 
SEC. 402. ADDITIONAL REVIEW. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—If the head of the Office, in 
coordination with the Board of Advisors and the applicable 
Director, determines that an investment subject to a re-
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view under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 401 re-
quires additional review, or the head of the Office directs 
the review of an investment in accordance with section 
403, the head of the Office, in coordination with the Board 
of Advisors and the applicable Director, shall identify indi-
viduals representative of affected frontline communities 
and allies of frontline communities for the purpose of ob-
taining advice and recommendations from those individ-
uals for changes to the administrative or substantive as-
pects of the investment that are not properly serving 
frontline communities. 
(b) REVIEW PANELS.—If the head of the Office, in 
coordination with the Board of Advisors and the applicable 
Director, determines convening a review panel for an in-
vestment subject to a review under subsection (b), (c), or 
(d) of section 401 to be necessary, or the head of the Of-
fice directs the review of an investment in accordance with 
section 403, the head of the Office shall convene such a 
review panel, consisting of— 
(1)(A) the head of the Office; or 
(B) 1 or more employees of the Office; 
(2) 1 or more members of the Board of Advi-
sors; 
(3) the Director of the agency; and 
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(4) full-time Federal employees of the office 
within the agency responsible for carrying out the 
proposed rule. 
(c) FUNCTION.—A review panel convened under sub-
section (b) shall collect advice and recommendations of 
each individual frontline community representative and 
ally identified under subsection (a), after consultation with 
the head of the Office, on issues relating to the adminis-
trative or substantive aspects of the investment that are 
not properly serving frontline communities. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the head 
of the Office convenes a review panel under subsection (b), 
the review panel shall submit to the head of the Office 
and the agency with jurisdiction over the investment a re-
port describing— 
(1) the comments of the review panel on the ad-
vice and recommendations of frontline communities 
and allies collected under subsection (c); and 
(2) the findings and recommendations of the re-
view panel. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—The head of the agency with ju-
risdiction over an investment subject to additional review 
under this section shall publish in the Federal Register— 
(1) the report of the review panel under sub-
section (d); or 
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(2) a summary of the report of the review panel 
under subsection (d). 
SEC. 403. NONSCHEDULED REVIEW. 
The head of the Office may direct a review under sec-
tion 402 of an investment with respect to which sufficient 
complaints have been brought from 1 or more frontline 
communities or allies. 
SEC. 404. AVAILABILITY. 
Any review or analysis conducted, or other document 
prepared, under this title shall be made available to the 
public through the Office. 
TITLE V—SUBNATIONAL 
GUIDANCE 
SEC. 501. GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTA-
TION PLANS. 
(a) 
DEFINITION
OF
STATE
IMPLEMENTATION 
PLAN.—In this section, the term ‘‘State implementation 
plan’’ means a plan or a component of a plan established 
by a State to implement a Federal law or regulation with 
an environmental or climate change nexus. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the head of the Office shall 
issue guidance for States for the consideration of, and con-
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sultation with, frontline communities in the process of de-
veloping a State implementation plan. 
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