Environmental Justice Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2200
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2003-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental justice
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal installations
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Income statistics
Law
Medical statistics
Minorities
Minority health
Native Americans
Performance measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Racial discrimination
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Strategic planning

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: 
Environmental Justice Act of 2003 - Requires Federal agencies to include achieving environmental justice in their missions through identifying and addressing any disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their activities on minority and low-income communities. 
 
Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice. 
 
Directs each Federal agency to develop an agency-wide environmental justice strategy. 
 
Establishes the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. 
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and analyze data assessing environmental and human health risks borne by populations identified by race, national origin, or income. Targets for data collection those areas surrounding facilities expected to have a substantial environmental, human health, or environmental effect on surrounding populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2003-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1082-1083)
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1032)
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Introduced in House