To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.

Bill: 119-hr-576
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2025-01-21
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Environmental health

Environmental regulatory procedures

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2025-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides statutory authority for&nbsp;Executive Order 14096, which was issued on April 26, 2023, to advance a government-wide approach to environmental justice, including by directing each federal agency to (1) make achieving environmental justice part of its mission, (2) issue an&nbsp;Environmental Justice Strategic Plan every four years, and (3) provide public notice of certain toxic chemical releases. The Executive Order also established the White House&nbsp;Office of Environmental Justice as well as&nbsp;an&nbsp;Environmental Justice Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 576 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2025 Ms. Barragán (for herself, Mr. Tonko , Mr. Carson , Ms. Norton , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Stansbury , Ms. Ansari , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Huffman , Ms. Jayapal , and Ms. McClellan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources , and Science, Space, and Technology , 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 codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation’s commitment to environmental justice for all.

1. Codification of Executive Order 14096 Executive Order 14096 (88 Fed. Reg. 25251; relating to revitalizing our Nation’s commitment to environmental justice for all) shall have the force and effect of law.