A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3633
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-05-06
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Due process and equal protection

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental health

Geography and mapping

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update, on an annual basis, and make available to the public an environmental justice mapping and screening tool, such as EJScreen.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3633 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2020 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Carper , Mr. Booker , Mr. Peters , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Harris , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Markey , Ms. Smith , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Warren , Mr. Schatz , and Ms. Baldwin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to continue to update and make publicly available EJScreen or an equivalent tool, and for other purposes.

1. Environmental justice mapping and screening tool The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall continue to update, on an annual basis, and make available to the public EJScreen or an equivalent environmental justice mapping and screening tool.