Environmental Justice Access and Implementation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4652
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Asthma
Black colleges
Brownfields
Cancer
Child health
Commerce
Community centers
Community organization
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental justice
Environmental protection groups
Executive Office of the President
Executive orders
Executive reorganization
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Health
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Housing and Community Development
Indian education
Indoor air pollution
Infant mortality
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Law
Lead poisoning
Low birth weight
Medical statistics
Minorities
Minority education
Mortality
Museums
Nonprofit organizations
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Planning
Pollution
Pollution control
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Surveys
Transportation and Public Works
Trucking
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Environmental Justice Access and Implementation Act of 2007 - Requires specified federal agencies to establish an Office of Environmental Justice pursuant to Executive Order 12898 (concerning federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations).

Defines &quot;environmental justice&quot; as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, educational level, or income in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. Requires the inclusion of minority and low-income populations with health vulnerabilities and exposure to certain environmental conditions in criteria for defining an environmental justice community. 

Requires federal agencies to integrate the environmental justice strategy developed under Executive Order 12898 into their operations and missions and explicitly address compliance with this Act. 

Directs the Interagency Federal Working Group on Environmental Justice (Working Group) to coordinate an integrated environmental justice training plan for federal agencies.

Requires federal agencies subject to the requirements of this Act to carry out certain outreach activities relating to environmental justice and to report on such activities to the Working Group.

Directs federal agencies to fund and establish community technology centers to provide technical assistance and other services in the environmental justice area.

Requires the President and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide certain reports to Congress relating to environmental justice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 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: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 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: 2007-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 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: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2568)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in House