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-hr-6826
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2020-05-12
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Due process and equal protection

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Environmental health

Geography and mapping

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Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-12
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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6826 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2020 Mr. McEachin (for himself, Ms. Barragán , Ms. Jayapal , and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 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.