(2) to promote meaningful involvement and due 
process in the development, implementation, and en-
forcement of environmental laws; 
(3) to coordinate with, and provide direct guid-
ance and technical assistance to, environmental jus-
tice communities, with a focus on increasing commu-
nity understanding of the science, regulations, and 
policy related to Federal agency actions on environ-
mental justice issues; 
(4) to address environmental health, pollution, 
and public health burdens in environmental justice 
communities, and build healthy, sustainable, and re-
silient communities; and 
(5) to develop and update a strategy to address 
current and historical environmental injustice, in 
consultation with the National Environmental Jus-
tice Advisory Council and local environmental justice 
leaders, that includes— 
(A) clear performance metrics to ensure 
accountability; and 
(B) an annually published public perform-
ance scorecard on the implementation of the 
White House interagency council. 
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(c) COMPOSITION.—The White House interagency 
council shall be composed of members as follows (or their 
designee): 
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(3) The Secretary of Defense. 
(4) The Secretary of Education. 
(5) The Secretary of Energy. 
(6) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(7) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(8) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(9) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(10) The Attorney General. 
(11) The Secretary of Labor. 
(12) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(13) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
(14) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
(15) The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy. 
(16) The Deputy Assistant to the President for 
Environmental Policy. 
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(17) The Assistant to the President for Domes-
tic Policy. 
(18) The Director of the National Economic 
Council. 
(19) The Chairperson of the Council on Envi-
ronmental Quality. 
(20) The Chairperson of the Council of Eco-
nomic Advisers. 
(21) The Director of the National Institutes of 
Health. 
(22) The Director of the Office of Environ-
mental Justice. 
(23) The Chairperson of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission. 
(24) The Chairperson of the Chemical Safety 
Board. 
(25) The Director of the National Park Service. 
(26) The Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs. 
(27) The Chairperson of the National Environ-
mental Justice Advisory Council. 
(28) The head of any other agency that the 
President may designate. 
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(d) GOVERNANCE.—The Chairperson of the Council 
on Environmental Quality shall serve as Chairperson of 
the White House interagency council. 
(e) REPORTING TO PRESIDENT.—The White House 
interagency council shall report to the President through 
the Chairperson of the Council on Environmental Quality. 
(f) UNIFORM CONSIDERATION GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure that there is a 
common level of understanding of terminology used 
in dealing with environmental justice issues, not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, after coordinating with and conducting outreach 
to environmental justice communities, State govern-
ments, Tribal Governments, and local governments, 
the White House interagency council shall develop 
and publish in the Federal Register a guidance doc-
ument to assist Federal agencies in defining and ap-
plying the following terms: 
(A) Health disparities. 
(B) Environmental exposure disparities. 
(C) Demographic characteristics, including 
age, sex, and race or ethnicity. 
(D) Social stressors, including poverty, 
housing quality, access to health care, edu-
cation, immigration status, linguistic isolation, 
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historical trauma, and lack of community re-
sources. 
(E) Cumulative impacts or risks. 
(F) Community vulnerability or suscepti-
bility to adverse human health and environ-
mental effects (including climate change). 
(G) Barriers to meaningful involvement in 
the development, implementation, and enforce-
ment of environmental laws. 
(H) Community capacity to address envi-
ronmental concerns, including the capacity to 
obtain equitable access to environmental amen-
ities. 
(2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—For a period of not 
less than 30 days, the White House interagency 
council shall seek public comment on the guidance 
document developed under paragraph (1). 
(3) DOCUMENTATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of publication of the guidance docu-
ment under paragraph (1), the head of each Federal 
agency participating in the White House interagency 
council shall document the ways in which the Fed-
eral agency will incorporate guidance from the docu-
ment into the environmental justice strategy of the 
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