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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 516 
To establish the Environmental Justice Mapping Committee, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2021 
Ms. BUSH (for herself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. NADLER, Mr. JONES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. DESAULNIER, 
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MCEACHIN, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Mr. COOPER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Environmental Justice Mapping Committee, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Justice 
Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) environmental hazards causing adverse 
health outcomes have disproportionately affected en-
vironmental justice communities as a result of sys-
temic injustices relating to factors that include race 
and income; 
(2) environmental justice communities have in-
creased vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate 
change and need significant investment to face cur-
rent and future environmental hazards; 
(3) the Federal Government has lacked a cohe-
sive and consistent strategy to carry out the respon-
sibilities of Federal agencies described in Executive 
Order 12898 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to Fed-
eral actions to address environmental justice in mi-
nority populations and low-income populations); 
(4) it is necessary that the Federal Government 
meaningfully engage environmental justice commu-
nities in the process of developing a robust strategy 
to address environmental justice, including high lev-
els of review, input, and consent; 
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(5) there is a lack of nationwide high-quality 
data relating to environmental justice concerns, such 
as socioeconomic factors, air pollution, water pollu-
tion, soil pollution, and public health, and a failure 
to update the existing data with adequate frequency; 
(6) there is no nationally consistent method to 
identify environmental justice communities based on 
the cumulative effects of socioeconomic factors, pol-
lution burden, and public health; 
(7) a method described in paragraph (6) is 
needed to correct for racist and unjust practices 
leading to historical and current environmental in-
justices through the targeted investment in environ-
mental justice communities of at least 40 percent of 
the funds provided for a clean energy transition and 
other related investments, including transportation 
infrastructure, housing infrastructure, and water 
quality infrastructure; 
(8) funds targeted for environmental justice 
communities should include set-asides for technical 
assistance and capacity building for environmental 
justice communities to access the funds; 
(9) particular oversight and care are necessary 
when investing in environmental justice communities 
to ensure that existing issues are not exacerbated 
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and new issues are not created, particularly issues 
relating to pollution burden and the displacement of 
residents; 
(10) several States, academic institutions, and 
nonprofit organizations have engaged in cumulative 
impact environmental justice mapping efforts that 
can serve as references for a Federal mapping effort; 
(11) many environmental justice communities, 
such as communities in ‘‘Cancer Alley’’ in the State 
of Louisiana, have been clearly affected by extreme 
environmental hazards such that the communities— 
(A) are identifiable before the establish-
ment of the tool under subsection (b) of section 
5 and the completion of the data gap audit 
under subsection (d) of that section; and 
(B) should be eligible for programs tar-
geted toward environmental justice communities 
that have faced extreme environmental hazards 
before the establishment of that tool and the 
completion of that audit; 
(12) in addition to investment in environmental 
justice communities, pollution reduction is essential 
to achieving equitable access to a healthy and clean 
environment and an equitable energy system; and 
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(13) specific policy and permitting decisions 
and investments may rely on different combinations 
of data sets and indicators relating to environmental 
justice, and race alone may be considered a criterion 
when assessing the susceptibility of a community to 
environmental injustice. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘advisory 
council’’ means the advisory council established 
under section 4(d)(2)(A). 
(3) 
COMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘‘Committee’’ 
means the Environmental Justice Mapping Com-
mittee established by section 4(a). 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘en-
vironmental justice’’ means the fair treatment and 
meaningful involvement of all people regardless of 
race, color, culture, national origin, or income, with 
respect to the development, implementation, and en-
forcement of environmental laws, regulations, and 
policies to ensure that each person enjoys— 
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(A) the same degree of protection from en-
vironmental and health hazards; and 
(B) equal access to any Federal agency ac-
tion relating to the development, implementa-
tion, and enforcement of environmental laws, 
regulations, and policies for the purpose of hav-
ing a healthy environment in which to live, 
learn, work, and recreate. 
(5) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 
a community with significant representation of com-
munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 
and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 
at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 
human health or environmental effects, as compared 
to other communities. 
(6) GROUND-TRUTHING.—The term ‘‘ground- 
truthing’’ means a community fact-finding process 
by which residents of a community supplement tech-
nical information with local knowledge for the pur-
pose of better informing policy and project decisions. 
(7) RELEVANT STAKEHOLDER.—The term ‘‘rel-
evant stakeholder’’ means— 
(A) a representative of a regional, State, 
Tribal, or local government agency; 
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(B) a representative of a nongovernmental 
organization with experience in areas that may 
include Tribal relations, environmental con-
servation, city and regional planning, and public 
health; 
(C) a representative of a labor union; 
(D) a representative or member of— 
(i) an environmental justice commu-
nity; or 
(ii) a community-based organization 
for an environmental justice community; 
(E) an individual with expertise in cumu-
lative impacts, geospatial data, and environ-
mental justice, particularly such an individual 
from an academic or research institution; and 
(F) an advocate with experience in envi-
ronmental justice who represents an environ-
mental justice community. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a committee, 
to be known as the ‘‘Environmental Justice Mapping 
Committee’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 
composed of not fewer than 1 representative of each 
of the following: 
(A) Of the Environmental Protection 
Agency— 
(i) the Office of Air and Radiation; 
(ii) the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention; 
(iii) the Office of International and 
Tribal Affairs; 
(iv) the Office of Land and Emer-
gency Management; 
(v) the Office of Water; 
(vi) the Office of Environmental Jus-
tice; 
(vii) the Office of Research and Devel-
opment; and 
(viii) the Office of Public Engagement 
and Environmental Education. 
(B) The Council on Environmental Qual-
ity. 
(C) Of the Department of Commerce— 
(i) the Office of Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Research, including not fewer than 
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(III) the National Institute on 
Minority Health and Health Dispari-
ties; and 
(v) the Office for Civil Rights. 
(E) Of the Department of the Interior— 
(i) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
(ii) the Office of Civil Rights; and 
(iii) the United States Geological Sur-
vey. 
(F) The Forest Service. 
(G) The Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
(H) The Department of Energy. 
(I) The Department of Transportation. 
(J) The Department of Justice. 
(K) The Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission. 
(L) The Department of the Treasury. 
(M) Such other Federal departments, 
agencies, and offices as the Administrator de-
termines to be appropriate, particularly offices 
relating to public engagement. 
(2) SELECTION
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
head of a department or agency described in para-
graph (1) shall, in appointing to the Committee a 
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representative of the department or agency, select a 
representative— 
(A) of a component of the department or 
agency that is among the components that are 
the most relevant to the responsibilities of the 
Committee; or 
(B) who has expertise in areas relevant to 
those responsibilities, such as demographic indi-
cators relating to socioeconomic hardship, envi-
ronmental justice, public engagement, public 
health, exposure to pollution, future climate and 
extreme weather mapping, affordable energy, 
sustainable transportation, and access to water, 
food, and green space. 
(3) CO-CHAIRS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The members of the 
Committee shall select 3 members to serve as 
co-chairs of the Committee— 
(i) 1 of whom shall be a representa-
tive of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; 
(ii) 1 of whom shall be a representa-
tive of the Council on Environmental Qual-
ity; and 
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(iii) 1 of whom shall have substantial 
experience in public engagement. 
(B) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for 
a term of not more than 3 years. 
(C) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
CO-CHAIRS.— 
The co-chairs of the Committee shall— 
(i) determine the agenda of the Com-
mittee, in consultation with other members 
of the Committee; 
(ii) direct the work of the Committee, 
including the oversight of a meaningful 
public engagement process; and 
(iii) convene meetings of the Com-
mittee not less frequently than once each 
fiscal quarter. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pro-
vide technical and administrative support to the 
Committee. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Administrator may carry 
out paragraph (1) using, in addition to any amounts 
made available under section 7, amounts authorized 
to be appropriated to the Administrator before the 
date of enactment of this Act and available for obli-
gation as of that date of enactment. 
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(d) CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties of 
the Committee, the Committee shall consult with rel-
evant stakeholders. 
(2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee shall 
establish an advisory council composed of a bal-
anced proportion of relevant stakeholders, at 
least 1⁄2 of whom shall represent environmental 
justice communities. 
(B) CHAIR.—The advisory council shall be 
chaired by an environmental justice advocate or 
other relevant stakeholder with substantial ex-
perience in environmental justice. 
(C) 
REQUIREMENTS.—Consultation 
de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall include— 
(i) early and regular engagement with 
the advisory council, including in carrying 
out public engagement under paragraph 
(3); and 
(ii) consideration of the recommenda-
tions of the advisory council. 
(D) RECOMMENDATIONS
NOT
USED.—If 
the Committee does not use a recommendation 
of the advisory council, not later than 60 days 
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after the date on which the Committee receives 
notice of the recommendation, the Committee 
shall— 
(i) make available to the public on an 
internet website of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency a written report describing 
the rationale of the Committee for not 
using the recommendation; and 
(ii) submit the report described in 
clause (i) to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives. 
(E) OUTREACH.—The advisory council 
may carry out public outreach activities using 
amounts made available under section 7 to sup-
plement public engagement carried out by the 
Committee under paragraph (3). 
(3) PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall, 
throughout the process of carrying out the du-
ties of the Committee described in section 5— 
(i) meaningfully engage with relevant 
stakeholders, particularly— 
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(I) members and representatives 
of environmental justice communities; 
(II) environmental justice advo-
cates; and 
(III) individuals with expertise in 
cumulative impacts and geospatial 
data; and 
(ii) ensure that the input of the stake-
holders described in clause (i) is central to 
the activities of the Committee. 
(B) PLAN.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out 
subparagraph (A), the Committee shall de-
velop a plan, in consultation with the advi-
sory council, for comprehensive public en-
gagement with, and incorporation of feed-
back from, environmental justice advocates 
and members of environmental justice 
communities. 
(ii) STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME BAR-
RIERS
TO
PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.—The 
plan developed under clause (i) shall in-
clude strategies to overcome barriers to 
public engagement, including— 
(I) language barriers; 
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(II) transportation barriers; 
(III) economic barriers; and 
(IV) lack of internet access. 
(iii) CONSIDERATION.—In developing 
the plan under clause (i), the Committee 
shall consider the diverse and varied expe-
riences of environmental justice commu-
nities relating to the scope and types of en-
vironmental hazards and socioeconomic in-
justices. 
(C) CONSULTATION AND SOLICITATION OF 
PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out 
subparagraph (A), not less frequently than 
once each fiscal quarter, the Committee 
shall consult with the advisory council and 
solicit meaningful public comment, particu-
larly from relevant stakeholders, on the ac-
tivities of the Committee. 
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The Committee 
shall carry out clause (i) through means 
including— 
(I) public notice of a meeting of 
the Committee occurring during the 
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applicable fiscal quarter, which shall 
include— 
(aa) notice in publications 
relevant to environmental justice 
communities; 
(bb) notification to environ-
mental 
justice 
communities 
through direct means, such as 
community centers and schools; 
and 
(cc) 
direct 
outreach 
to 
known 
environmental 
justice 
groups; 
(II) public broadcast of that 
meeting, including soliciting and re-
ceiving comments by virtual means; 
and 
(III) public availability of a tran-
script of that meeting through publi-
cation on an accessible website. 
(iii) 
LANGUAGES.—The 
Committee 
shall provide each notice, notification, di-
rect outreach, broadcast, and transcript 
described in clause (ii) in each language 
commonly used in the applicable environ-
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mental 
justice 
community, 
including 
through oral interpretation, if applicable. 
(D) FUNDING.—Of amounts made avail-
able under section 7, the Administrator shall 
make available to the Committee such sums as 
are necessary for participation by relevant 
stakeholders in public engagement under this 
paragraph, as determined by the Administrator, 
in consultation with the advisory council. 
SEC. 5. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 
(1) establish a tool described in subsection (b) 
to identify environmental justice communities, in-
cluding the identification of— 
(A) criteria to be used in the tool; and 
(B) a methodology to determine the cumu-
lative impacts of those criteria; 
(2) assess and address data gaps in accordance 
with subsection (d); and 
(3) collect data for the environmental justice 
data repository established under section 6. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TOOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee, in consulta-
tion with relevant stakeholders and the advisory 
council, shall establish an interactive, transparent, 
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integrated, and Federal Government-wide tool for 
assessing and mapping environmental justice com-
munities based on the cumulative impacts of all indi-
cators selected by the Committee to be integrated 
into the tool. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the tool 
under paragraph (1), the Committee shall— 
(A) integrate into the tool multiple data 
layers of indicators that fall into categories in-
cluding— 
(i) demographics, particularly relating 
to socioeconomic hardship and social 
stressors, such as— 
(I) race and ethnicity; 
(II) low income; 
(III) high unemployment; 
(IV) low levels of home owner-
ship; 
(V) high rent burden; 
(VI) high transportation burden; 
(VII) low levels of educational at-
tainment; 
(VIII) linguistic isolation; 
(IX) energy insecurity or high 
utility rate burden; 
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(X) food insecurity; 
(XI) health insurance status and 
access to healthcare; and 
(XII) membership in an Indian 
Tribe; 
(ii) public health, particularly data 
that are indicative of sensitive populations, 
such as— 
(I) rates of asthma; 
(II) rates of cardiovascular dis-
ease; 
(III) child leukemia or other can-
cers that correlate with environmental 
hazards; 
(IV) low birth weight; 
(V) maternal mortality; 
(VI) rates of lead poisoning; and 
(VII) rates of diabetes; 
(iii) pollution burdens, such as pollu-
tion burdens created by— 
(I) toxic chemicals; 
(II) air pollutants; 
(III) water pollutants; 
(IV) soil contaminants; and 
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(V) perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoro-
alkyl substances; and 
(iv) environmental effects, such as ef-
fects created by proximity to— 
(I) risk management plan sites; 
(II) hazardous waste facilities; 
(III) sites on the National Prior-
ities 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)); and 
(IV) fossil fuel infrastructure; 
(B) investigate how further indicators of 
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change 
(including proximity and exposure to sea level 
rise, wildfire smoke, flooding, drought, rising 
average temperatures, extreme storms, and ex-
treme heat, and financial burdens from flood 
and fire insurance) should be incorporated into 
the tool as an additional set of layers; 
(C) identify and consider the effects of 
other indicators relating to environmental jus-
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tice for integration into the tool as layers, in-
cluding— 
(i) safe, sufficient, and affordable 
drinking water, sanitation, and stormwater 
services; 
(ii) access to and the quality of— 
(I) green space and tree canopy 
cover; 
(II) healthy food; 
(III) 
affordable 
energy 
and 
water; 
(IV) transportation; 
(V) reliable communication sys-
tems, such as broadband internet; 
(VI) child care; 
(VII) high-quality public schools, 
early childhood education, and child 
care; and 
(VIII) heath care facilities; 
(iii) length of commute; 
(iv) indoor air quality in multiunit 
dwellings; 
(v) mental health; 
(vi) labor market categories, particu-
larly relating to essential workers; and 
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(vii) each type of utility expense; 
(D) consider the implementation of specific 
regional indicators, with the potential— 
(i) to create regionally and locally 
downscaled maps in addition to a national 
map; 
(ii) to provide incentives for States to 
collect data and conduct additional anal-
yses to capture conditions specific to their 
localities; 
(iii) to provide resources for and en-
gage in ground-truthing to identify and 
verify important data with community 
members; and 
(iv) to develop companion resources 
for, and provide technical support to, re-
gional, State, local, or Tribal governments 
to create their own maps and environ-
mental justice scores with relevant re-
gional, State, local, and Tribal data; 
(E) identify a methodology to account for 
the cumulative impacts of all indicators selected 
by the Committee under subparagraph (A), in 
addition to other indicators as the Committee 
determines to be necessary, to provide relative 
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environmental justice scores for regions that 
are— 
(i) as small as practicable to identify 
communities; and 
(ii) not larger than a census tract; 
(F) ensure that the tool is capable of pro-
viding maps of environmental justice commu-
nities based on environmental justice scores de-
scribed in subparagraph (E); 
(G) ensure that users of the tool are able 
to map available layers together or independ-
ently as desired; 
(H) implement a method for users of the 
tool to generate a map and environmental jus-
tice score based on a subset of indicators, par-
ticularly for the purpose of using the tool in ad-
dressing various policy needs, permitting proc-
esses, and investment goals; 
(I) make the tool customizable to address 
specific policy needs, permitting processes, and 
investment goals; 
(J) account for conditions that are not 
captured by the quantitative data used to de-
velop the 1 or more maps and environmental 
justice scores comprising the tool, by— 
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(i) developing and executing a plan to 
perform outreach to relevant communities; 
and 
(ii) establishing a mechanism by 
which communities can self-identify as en-
vironmental justice communities to be in-
cluded in the tool, which may include cit-
ing qualitative data on conditions for which 
quantitative data are lacking, such as cul-
tural loss in Tribal communities; 
(K) consider that the tool— 
(i) will be used across the Federal 
Government in screening Federal policies, 
permitting processes, and investments for 
environmental and climate justice impacts; 
and 
(ii) may be used to assess commu-
nities for pollution reduction programs; 
and 
(L) carry out such other activities as the 
Committee determines to be appropriate. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY AND UPDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) NOTICE
AND
COMMENT.—The Com-
mittee shall establish the tool described in sub-
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section (b) after providing notice and an oppor-
tunity for public comment. 
(B) HEARINGS.—In carrying out subpara-
graph (A), the Committee shall hold hearings, 
which shall be time- and language-appropriate, 
in communities affected by environmental jus-
tice issues in geographically disparate States 
and Tribal areas. 
(2) UPDATES.— 
(A) ANNUAL
UPDATES.—The Committee 
shall update the tool described in subsection (b) 
not less frequently than annually to account for 
data sets that are updated annually. 
(B) OTHER UPDATES.—Not less frequently 
than once every 3 years, the Committee shall— 
(i) update the indicators, method-
ology, or both for the tool described in sub-
section (b); and 
(ii) reevaluate data submitted by Fed-
eral departments and agencies that is used 
for the tool. 
(C) REPORTS.—After the initial establish-
ment of the tool described in subsection (b) and 
each update under subparagraph (A) or (B), 
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the Committee shall publish a report describ-
ing— 
(i) the process for identifying indica-
tors relating to environmental justice in 
the development of the tool; 
(ii) the methodology described in sub-
section (b)(2)(E); and 
(iii) the use of public input and com-
munity engagement in that process. 
(3) TRAINING TUTORIALS AND SESSIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 
(i) develop virtual training tutorials 
and sessions for environmental justice com-
munities for the use of the tool described 
in subsection (b); and 
(ii) where practicable, provide in-per-
son training sessions for environmental 
justice communities for the use of that 
tool. 
(B) LANGUAGES.—The tutorials and ses-
sions under subparagraph (A) shall be made 
available in each language commonly used in 
the applicable environmental justice community. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee shall 
make available to the public on an internet 
website of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy— 
(i) the tool described in subsection 
(b); 
(ii) each update under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (2); 
(iii) each report under paragraph 
(2)(C); and 
(iv) the training tutorials and sessions 
developed under paragraph (3)(A)(i). 
(B) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Committee shall 
make the tool, updates, and reports described in 
subparagraph (A) accessible to the public by 
publication in relevant languages and with ac-
cessibility functions, as appropriate. 
(C) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out sub-
paragraph (A)(i), the Committee shall take 
measures to prevent the tool from being mis-
used to discriminate against environmental jus-
tice communities, such as by providing safe-
guards against the use of downscaled data that 
may enable the identification of individuals. 
(d) DATA GAP AUDIT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In establishing the tool de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Committee shall direct 
relevant Federal departments and agencies to con-
duct an audit of data collected by the department or 
agency to identify any data that are relevant to envi-
ronmental justice concerns, including data relating 
to— 
(A) public health metrics; 
(B) toxic chemicals; 
(C) socioeconomic demographics; 
(D) air quality; 
(E) water quality; and 
(F) killings of individuals by law enforce-
ment officers. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An audit described in 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) examine the granularity and accessi-
bility of the data; 
(B) address the need for improved air 
quality monitoring; and 
(C) include recommendations to other Fed-
eral departments and agencies on means to im-
prove the quality, granularity, and transparency 
of, and public involvement in, data collection 
and dissemination. 
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(3) IMPROVEMENTS.—The Committee shall di-
rect a Federal department or agency, in conducting 
an audit under paragraph (1), to address gaps in ex-
isting data collection that will assist the Committee 
in establishing and operating the tool described in 
subsection (b), including by providing to the depart-
ment or agency— 
(A) benchmarks to meet in addressing the 
gaps; 
(B) instructions for consistency in data 
formatting that will allow for inclusion of data 
in the environmental justice data repository de-
scribed in section 6; and 
(C) best practices for collecting data in col-
laboration with local organizations and part-
ners, such as engaging in ground-truthing. 
(4) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after a 
Federal department or agency has conducted an 
audit under paragraph (1), the Committee shall— 
(A) make available to the public on an 
internet website of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency a report describing the findings 
and conclusions of the audit, including the 
progress made by the Federal department or 
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agency in addressing environmental justice data 
gaps; and 
(B) submit the report described in sub-
paragraph (A) to— 
(i) the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate; 
(ii) the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(iii) the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(iv) the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DATA REPOSITORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 
an environmental justice data repository to maintain— 
(1) the data collected by the Committee 
through the establishment of the tool described in 
section 5(b) and the audits conducted under section 
5(d)(1); and 
(2) any subnational data collected under sub-
section (c)(2). 
(b) UPDATES.—The Administrator shall update the 
data in the data repository described in subsection (a) as 
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frequently as practicable, including every year if prac-
ticable, but not less frequently than once every 3 years. 
(c) AVAILABILITY; INCLUSION
OF
SUBNATIONAL 
DATA.—The Administrator— 
(1) shall make the data repository described in 
subsection (a) available to regional, State, local, and 
Tribal governments; and 
(2) may collaborate with the governments de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to include within that data 
repository subnational data in existence before the 
establishment of the tool described in section 5(b) 
and the completion of the audits under section 
5(d)(1). 
(d) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall take 
measures to prevent the data in the data repository de-
scribed in subsection (a) from being misused to discrimi-
nate against environmental justice communities, such as 
by providing safeguards against the use of downscaled 
data that may enable the identification of individuals. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator to carry out this Act, including any necessary 
administrative costs of the Committee— 
(1) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
and 2022; and 
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(2) $18,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2025. 
SEC. 8. EFFECT. 
Nothing in any provision of this Act relating to the 
tool described in section 5(b) prohibits a State from devel-
oping a map relating to environmental justice or pollution 
burden that relies on different data, or analyzes data dif-
ferently, than that tool. 
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