facility staff on the perceived impact of the pro-
gram or initiative; 
(C) strategies to sustain the program or 
initiative beyond the duration of the grant; 
(D) emergency management protocols for 
responding to environmental health threats at 
carceral facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
grant recipient; and 
(E) strategies to replicate the successful 
aspects of the program or initiative at other 
carceral facilities. 
(l) REPORT.—Not later than 6 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report detailing the out-
comes of grants awarded under the Program. 
(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Assistant Admin-
istrator of the Office of Environmental Justice and Exter-
nal Civil Rights to carry out this section $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 
(n) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Not less than 15 
percent of funds appropriated under this section shall be 
directed to support programs and initiatives that benefit 
Tribal carceral facilities. 
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SEC. 10. REPORT ON MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION MEAS-
URES. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director, in 
coordination with the Director of the United States Mar-
shals Service, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, and the Director of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing— 
(1) rapid-response and longer-term measures 
undertaken at Federal carceral facilities to— 
(A) mitigate the exposure of incarcerated 
people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to 
ambient air pollutants; 
(B) improve indoor air quality; 
(C) improve water quality at point of use 
and increase access to safe water for incarcer-
ated people and carceral facility staff; 
(D) mitigate the exposure of incarcerated 
people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to 
extreme cold and heat; 
(E) increase opportunities for incarcerated 
people and staff of Federal carceral facilities to 
access natural light and green space; 
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(F) ensure incarcerated people have access 
to a healthy, culturally relevant, and nutritious 
diet; 
(G) abate asbestos, pests, mold, and com-
municable diseases; 
(H) improve the occupational health and 
safety of incarcerated laborers and carceral fa-
cility staff; and 
(I) improve access to quality medical care 
for incarcerated people and carceral facility 
staff, including physical and mental health care, 
and ensure medical personnel in carceral facili-
ties are adequately trained to detect and treat 
illnesses related to environmental health. 
(2) plans in place to mitigate or adapt to 
events, such as natural disasters or equipment fail-
ure, that increase the exposure of incarcerated peo-
ple and staff of Federal carceral facilities to environ-
mental stressors; 
(3) evaluations from incarcerated people de-
scribing the extent to which the measures and plans 
described under paragraphs (1) and (2) are condu-
cive to improving or protecting the environmental 
health of vulnerable populations within Federal 
carceral facilities; and 
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(4) data limitations and monitoring constraints 
that inhibit the mitigation of or adaptation to envi-
ronmental stressors at Federal carceral facilities. 
SEC. 11. PROHIBITION ON PENALIZATION OR RETALIATION. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘penal-
ized or retaliated against’’ includes actions such as— 
(1) being placed in solitary confinement; 
(2) having employment terminated; 
(3) being placed on employment leave; 
(4) being assigned to unfavorable labor; 
(5) being transferred to a different cell, cell-
block, or facility; 
(6) having privileges revoked; or 
(7) being subjected to unequal enforcement of 
policies. 
(b) FEDERAL CARCERAL FACILITIES.—A person in-
carcerated at, or carceral facility staff employed at, a Fed-
eral carceral facility may not be penalized or retaliated 
against for— 
(1) requesting, responding to requests for, or 
volunteering information pursuant to this Act on en-
vironmental health conditions in any Federal 
carceral facility, including requesting information 
collected pursuant to section 4, serving on or com-
municating with the advisory panel established 
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under section 4, or providing evaluations for inclu-
sion in the reports submitted under sections 4, 8, 
and 10; or 
(2) filing an administrative complaint pursuant 
to subsection (f). 
(c) STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL CARCERAL FACILI-
TIES.—A person incarcerated at, or carceral facility staff 
employed at, a carceral facility operated by, affiliated with, 
or operated under a contract with a State or federally rec-
ognized Indian Tribe that has received funds from a grant 
under section 9 may not be penalized or retaliated against 
for— 
(1) requesting, responding to requests for, or 
volunteering information on environmental health 
conditions in any State, local, or Tribal carceral fa-
cility, including providing evaluations for inclusion in 
reports under section 9; or 
(2) filing an administrative complaint pursuant 
to subsection (f). 
(d) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Notwithstanding section 7 
of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (42 
U.S.C. 1997e), any person who alleges penalization or re-
taliation in violation of subsection (b) or (c) may bring 
an action under this subsection against the Federal, State, 
local, or Tribal government in the district court of the 
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United States for the district in which the facility at which 
the violation is alleged to have occurred is located, for the 
relief available under subsection (e). 
(e) RELIEF.—Relief for a person prevailing in an ac-
tion brought under subsection (d) may include— 
(1) mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief to 
prevent or terminate any acts in violation of sub-
section (b) or (c); 
(2) damages for wages lost due to penalization 
or retribution in violation of subsection (b) or (c); 
and 
(3) compensation for litigation costs, filing fees, 
expert witness fees, and reasonable attorneys’ fees. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT.—Any incarcerated 
person or carceral facility staff who has been penalized 
or retaliated against in violation of subsection (b) or (c) 
may file an administrative complaint with the Attorney 
General, the status or outcome of which shall not alter 
a person’s right to bring an action under subsection (d). 
(g) FEDERAL VIOLATIONS.—Upon receiving an ad-
ministrative complaint pursuant to subsection (f), the At-
torney General, acting through the Director, may take dis-
ciplinary action against carceral facility staff who violate 
subsection (b). 
(h) STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL VIOLATIONS.— 
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