SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Climate Leader-
ship Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered agency head’’ means each of the following 
heads of agencies: 
(A) The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(B) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(C) The Secretary of Energy. 
(D) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(E) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(2) DESIGNATED
FEDERAL
OFFICER.—The 
term ‘‘designated Federal officer’’ means the des-
ignated Federal officer for a Youth Advisory Council 
appointed under section 3(b)(6). 
(3) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘disadvantaged community’’ means a community 
identified as a disadvantaged community by the 
Justice40 Initiative (or a successor initiative) and 
the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool of 
the Council on Environmental Quality (or a suc-
cessor tool). 
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(4) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.—The term ‘‘en-
vironmental justice’’ means the just treatment and 
meaningful involvement of all people, without regard 
to income, race, color, national origin, Tribal affili-
ation, or disability, in agency decisionmaking and 
other Federal activities that affect human health 
and the environment so that people— 
(A) are fully protected from dispropor-
tionate and adverse human health and environ-
mental effects (including risks) and hazards, in-
cluding those related to climate change, the cu-
mulative impacts of environmental and other 
burdens, and the legacy of racism or other 
structural or systemic barriers; and 
(B) have equitable access to a healthy, sus-
tainable, and resilient environment in which to 
live and engage in cultural and subsistence 
practices. 
(5) YOUTH
ADVISORY
COUNCIL.—The term 
‘‘Youth Advisory Council’’ means a Youth Advisory 
Council established by a covered agency head pursu-
ant to section 3(a). 
SEC. 3. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Each covered agency head 
shall establish within the respective agency of the covered 
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agency head a Youth Advisory Council for the purpose of 
providing recommendations to the applicable covered 
agency head with respect to governmental approaches to 
environmental issues as those issues relate to youth, in-
cluding— 
(1) recommendations with respect to programs 
to help the governments of disadvantaged commu-
nities address environmental issues in those dis-
advantaged communities; 
(2) recommendations with respect to perform-
ance measures that could be used to measure the 
impact of climate change and other environmental 
harms that affect youth communities; and 
(3) researching, writing reports on, and making 
recommendations with a focus on environmental jus-
tice, climate change mitigation and resiliency, and 
pollution reduction. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) SIZE.—A Youth Advisory Council shall con-
sist of not fewer than 15, and not greater than 25, 
representative members of non-Federal interests 
that have demonstrated high levels of knowledge and 
expertise in environmental issues, to be appointed by 
the applicable covered agency head. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(A) AGE.—A member of a Youth Advisory 
Council shall have an age, at the time of ap-
pointment or reappointment under paragraph 
(4), of not less than 16 years and not more 
than 29 years. 
(B) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY REQUIRED.— 
A covered agency head shall seek to ensure that 
members of a Youth Advisory Council are from 
geographically diverse locations across the 
United States. 
(C) CONSIDERATION OF BACKGROUNDS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In selecting mem-
bers of a Youth Advisory Council, a cov-
ered agency head shall consider candidates 
with varying backgrounds, including— 
(I) business and industry; 
(II) academic institutions; 
(III) State, local, and Tribal gov-
ernments; 
(IV) public interest groups; 
(V) environmental organizations; 
and 
(VI) service groups. 
(ii) REQUIREMENT.—Of the members 
of a Youth Advisory Council, not more 
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than 60 percent may come from any 1 cat-
egory described in clause (i). 
(D) REPRESENTATION OF DISADVANTAGED 
COMMUNITIES.—Of the members of a Youth 
Advisory Council, not less than 50 percent shall 
come from, reside primarily in, or work pri-
marily in disadvantaged communities. 
(E) DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND 
ACCESSIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting 
members of a Youth Advisory Council, a cov-
ered agency head shall consider diversity, eq-
uity, inclusion, and accessibility, in accordance 
with Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 
note; relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 
accessibility in the Federal workforce). 
(3) TERM.—A member of a Youth Advisory 
Council shall serve for a term of 2 years. 
(4) REAPPOINTMENT.—A covered agency head 
may reappoint members of a Youth Advisory Council 
to that Youth Advisory Council. 
(5) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in a Youth Advi-
sory Council— 
(A) shall not affect the powers of the 
Youth Advisory Council; and 
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(B) shall be filled in the same manner as 
the original appointment. 
(6) DESIGNATED
FEDERAL
OFFICER.—Each 
covered agency head shall appoint a full-time em-
ployee of the agency of the covered agency head to 
serve as the designated Federal officer for the appli-
cable Youth Advisory Council. 
(7) CO-CHAIRPERSONS; VICE-CHAIRPERSONS.— 
Each covered agency head shall, from among the 
members of the applicable Youth Advisory Council, 
appoint 2 co-chairpersons and 2 vice-chairpersons. 
(c) MEETINGS.— 
(1) FREQUENCY.—A Youth Advisory Council 
shall meet at the call of the applicable designated 
Federal officer, but not less frequently than annu-
ally. 
(2) OPEN
MEETINGS.—The meetings of a 
Youth Advisory Council shall be open to the public 
unless the covered agency head determines, in ac-
cordance with section 552b(c) of title 5, United 
States Code, to close a meeting or portion of a meet-
ing. 
(3) AGENDA.—The agenda of a meeting of a 
Youth Advisory Council shall be approved in advance 
by the applicable designated Federal officer. 
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briefings on the organizational structure and work of the 
agency of the covered agency head. 
(f) REPORTS.—Not less frequently than annually, a 
Youth Advisory Council shall submit to the applicable cov-
ered agency head a report describing any recommenda-
tions of the Youth Advisory Council made in accordance 
with subsection (a). 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The agency of a 
covered agency head shall provide administrative support 
to the Youth Advisory Council of the agency. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—Section 1013 of title 
5, United States Code, shall not apply to a Youth Advisory 
Council. 
(i) APPLICABILITY
TO EXISTING COUNCILS.—The 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
may, in accordance with this Act, designate the National 
Environmental Youth Advisory Council as the Youth Advi-
sory Council of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to 
each of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Depart-
ment of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the De-
partment of Agriculture, and the Department of Com-
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merce for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2035 for the 
purpose of carrying out this Act. 
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