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Q: SECTION 1. LIABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTITIES PROVIDING USE OF FACILITIES
TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Business entity.--The term ''business entity'' means a
firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, joint
venture, or other form of enterprise.
(2) Facility.--The term ''facility'' means any real
property, including any building, improvement, or appurtenance.
(3) Gross negligence.--The term ''gross negligence'' means
voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at
the time of the conduct) that the conduct is likely to be
harmful to the health or well-being of another person.
(4) Intentional misconduct.--The term ''intentional
misconduct'' means conduct by a person with knowledge (at the
time of the conduct) that the conduct is harmful to the health
or well-being of another person.
(5) Nonprofit organization.--The term ''nonprofit
organization'' means--
(A) any organization described in section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
tax under section 501(a) of such Code; or
(B) any not-for-profit organization organized and
conducted for public benefit and operated primarily for
charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or
health purposes.
(6) State.--The term ''State'' means each of the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession of the
United States, or any political subdivision of any such State,
territory, or possession.
(b) Limitation on Liability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c), a business
entity shall not be subject to civil liability relating to any
injury or death occurring at a facility of the business entity
in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit
organization if--
(A) the use occurs outside of the scope of business
of the business entity;
(B) such injury or death occurs during a period
that such facility is used by the nonprofit
organization; and
(C) the business entity authorized the use of such
facility by the nonprofit organization.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply--
(A) with respect to civil liability under Federal
and State law; and
(B) regardless of whether a nonprofit organization
pays for the use of a facility.
(c) Exception for Liability.--Subsection (b) shall not apply to an
injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business
entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct,
including any misconduct that--
(1) constitutes a crime of violence (as that term is
defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) or act
of international terrorism (as that term is defined in section
2331 of title 18) for which the defendant has been convicted in
any court;
(2) constitutes a hate crime (as that term is used in the
Hate Crime Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note));
(3) involves a sexual offense, as defined by applicable
State law, for which the defendant has been convicted in any
court; or
(4) involves misconduct for which the defendant has been
found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
(d) Superseding Provision.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection
(e), this Act preempts the laws of any State to the extent that
such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except that this Act
shall not preempt any State law that provides additional
protection from liability for a business entity for an injury
or death with respect to which conditions under subparagraphs
(A) through (C) of subsection (b)(1) apply.
(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
(e) Election of State Regarding Nonapplicability.--This Act shall
not apply to any civil action in a State court against a business
entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State
enacts a statute--
(1) citing the authority of this subsection;
(2) declaring the election of such State that this Act
shall not apply to such civil action in the State; and
(3) containing no other provision.
A: Shields a business entity from civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring at a facility of that entity in connection with a use of such facility by a nonprofit organization if: (1) the use occurs outside the scope of business of the business entity; (2) such injury or death occurs during a period that such facility is used by such organization; and (3) the business entity authorized the use of such facility by the organization.
Makes this Act inapplicable to an injury or death that results from an act or omission of a business entity that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct, including misconduct that: (1) constitutes a hate crime or a crime of violence or act of international terrorism for which the defendant has been convicted in any court; or (2) involves a sexual offense for which the defendant has been convicted in any court or misconduct for which the defendant has been found to have violated a Federal or State civil rights law.
Preempts State laws to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except State law that provides additional protection from liability. Specifies that this Act shall not be construed to supersede any Federal or State health or safety law.
Makes this Act inapplicable to any civil action in a State court against a business entity in which all parties are citizens of the State if such State, citing this Act's authority and containing no other provision, enacts a statute declaring the State's election that this Act shall not apply to such action in the State.
Rationale: This Bill focuses on shielding business entities from civil liability relating to an injury or death depending on the conditions of injury, hence the generated summary is correct.
Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Environmental
Justice Act of 2002''.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to focus Federal agency attention on the environmental
and human health conditions in minority and low-income
communities;
(2) to ensure that all Federal agencies develop practices
that promote environmental justice;
(3) to increase cooperation and coordination among Federal
agencies as they seek to achieve environmental justice;
(4) to provide minority, low-income, and Native American
communities greater access to public information and
opportunity for participation in decisionmaking affecting human
health and the environment;
(5) to mitigate the inequitable distribution of the burdens
and benefits of Federal programs having significant impact on
human health and the environment; and
(6) to hold Federal agencies accountable for the effects of
their projects and programs on all communities.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Environmental justice.--(A) The term ''environmental
justice'' means the fair treatment of people of all races,
cultures, and socioeconomic groups with respect to the
development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of laws,
regulations, and policies affecting the environment.
(B) The term ''fair treatment'' means policies and
practices that will minimize the likelihood that a minority,
low-income, or Native American community will bear a
disproportionate share of the adverse environmental
consequences, or be denied reasonable access to the
environmental benefits, resulting from implementation of a
Federal program or policy.
(2) Federal agency.--The term ''Federal agency'' means--
(A) each Federal entity represented on the Working
Group;
(B) any other entity that conducts any Federal
program or activity that substantially affects human
health or the environment; and
(C) each Federal agency that implements any
program, policy, or activity applicable to Native
Americans.
(3) Working group.--The term ''Working Group'' means the
interagency working group established by section 4.
(4) Advisory committee.--The term ''the Advisory
Committee'' means the advisory committee established by section
6.

SEC. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.

(a) Environmental Justice Mission.--To the greatest extent
practicable, the head of each Federal agency shall make achieving
environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and
addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human
health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and
activities on minority, low-income, and Native American populations in
the United States and its territories and possessions, including the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the
Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands.
(b) Nondiscrimination.--Each Federal agency shall conduct its
programs, policies, and activities in a manner that ensures that such
programs, policies, and activities do not have the effect of excluding
any person or group from participation in, denying any person or group
the benefits of, or subjecting any person or group to discrimination
under, such programs, policies, and activities, because of race, color,
national origin, or income.
(c) Environmental Analyses.--(1) Each analysis of environmental
effects of Federal actions required by the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) shall include analysis of
the effects of such action on human health and any economic and social
effects on minority communities and low-income communities.
(2) So far as feasible, any environmental assessment, environmental
impact statement, or record of decision prepared pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) shall
include measures to mitigate any significant and adverse environmental
effects of proposed Federal actions on minority communities and low-
income communities.
(3) Each Federal agency shall provide opportunities for community
input in processes under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including identifying potential effects and
mitigation measures in consultation with affected communities and
improving the accessibility of meetings, crucial documents, and
notices.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORKING GROUP.

(a) Creation and Composition.--There is hereby established the
Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, comprising the
heads of the following executive agencies and offices, or their
designees:
(1) The Department of Defense.
(2) The Department of Health and Human Services.
(3) The Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) The Department of Labor.
(5) The Department of Agriculture.
(6) The Department of Transportation.
(7) The Department of Justice;
(8) The Department of the Interior.
(9) The Department of Commerce.
(10) The Department of Energy.
(11) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(12) The Office of Management and Budget.
(13) The Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(14) The Office of the Deputy Assistant to the President
for Environmental Policy.
(15) The Office of the Assistant to the President for
Domestic Policy.
(16) The National Economic Council.
(17) The Council of Economic Advisers.
(18) Any other official of the United States that the
President may designate.
(b) Functions.--The Working Group shall--
(1) provide guidance to Federal agencies on criteria for
identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority populations and low-income
populations;
(2) coordinate with, provide guidance to, and serve as a
clearinghouse for, each Federal agency as it develops or
revises an environmental justice strategy as required by this
Act, in order to ensure that the administration, interpretation
and enforcement of programs, activities, and policies are
undertaken in a consistent manner;
(3) assist in coordinating research by, and stimulating
cooperation among, the Environmental Protection Agency, the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and other Federal agencies
conducting research or other activities in accordance with
section 7;
(4) assist in coordinating data collection, maintenance,
and analysis required by this Act;
(5) examine existing data and studies on environmental
justice;
(6) hold public meetings and otherwise solicit public
participation and consider complaints as required under
subsection (c);
(7) develop interagency model projects on environmental
justice that evidence cooperation among Federal agencies; and
(8) in coordination with the Department of the Interior and
after consultation with tribal leaders, coordinate steps to be
taken pursuant to this Act that affect or involve federally-
recognized Indian Tribes.
(c) Public Participation.--The Working Group shall--
(1) hold public meetings and otherwise solicit public
participation, as appropriate, for the purpose of fact-finding
with regard to implementation of this Act, and prepare for
public review a summary of the comments and recommendations
provided; and
(2) receive, consider, and in appropriate instances conduct
inquiries concerning complaints regarding environmental justice
and the implementation of this Act by Federal agencies.
(d) Annual Reports.--(1) Each fiscal year following enactment of
this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the President, through the
Office of the Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental
Policy and the Office of the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, a report that describes the implementation of this Act,
including, but not limited to, a report of the final environmental
justice strategies described in section 6 of this Act and annual
progress made in implementing those strategies.
(2) The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate a copy of each report
submitted to the President pursuant to paragraph (1).
(e) Conforming Change.--The Interagency Working Group on
Environmental Justice established under Executive Order No. 12898,
dated February 11, 1994, is abolished.

SEC. 5. FEDERAL AGENCY STRATEGIES.

(a) Agency-Wide Strategies.--Each Federal agency shall develop an
agency-wide environmental justice strategy that identifies and
addresses disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on
minority populations and low-income populations.
(b) Revisions.--Each strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a)
shall identify programs, policies, planning, and public participation
processes, rulemaking, and enforcement activities related to human
health or the environment that should be revised to--
(1) promote enforcement of all health and environmental
statutes in areas with minority populations, low-income
populations, or Native American populations;
(2) ensure greater public participation;
(3) improve research and data collection relating to the
health of and environment of minority populations, low-income
populations, and Native American populations; and
(4) identify differential patterns of use of natural
resources among minority populations, low-income populations,
and Native American populations.
(c) Timetables.--Each strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a)
shall include, where appropriate, a timetable for undertaking revisions
identified pursuant to subsection (b).

SEC. 6. FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

(a) Establishment.--There is established a committee to be known as
the ''Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee''.
(b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall provide independent
advice and recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency and
the Working Group on areas relating to environmental justice, which may
include any of the following:
(1) Advice on Federal agencies' framework development for
integrating socioeconomic programs into strategic planning,
annual planning, and management accountability for achieving
environmental justice results agency-wide.
(2) Advice on measuring and evaluating agencies' progress,
quality, and adequacy in planning, developing, and implementing
environmental justice strategies, projects, and programs.
(3) Advice on agencies' existing and future information
management systems, technologies, and data collection, and the
conduct of analyses that support and strengthen environmental
justice programs in administrative and scientific areas.
(4) Advice to help develop, facilitate, and conduct reviews
of the direction, criteria, scope, and adequacy of the Federal
agencies' scientific research and demonstration projects
relating to environmental justice.
(5) Advice for improving how the Environmental Protection
Agency and others participate, cooperate, and communicate
within that Agency and between other Federal agencies, State or
local governments, federally recognized Tribes, environmental justice
leaders, interest groups, and the public.
(6) Advice regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's
administration of grant programs relating to environmental
justice assistance (not to include the review or
recommendations of individual grant proposals or awards).
(7) Advice regarding agencies' awareness, education,
training, and other outreach activities involving environmental
justice.
(c) Advisory Committee.--The Advisory Committee shall be considered
an advisory committee within the meaning of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(d) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall be composed of at
least 25 members appointed by the President. Members shall include
representatives of--
(1) community-based groups;
(2) industry and business;
(3) academic and educational institutions;
(4) State and local governments, federally recognized
tribes, and indigenous groups; and
(5) nongovernmental and environmental groups.
(e) Meetings.--The Advisory Committee shall meet at least twice
annually. Meetings shall occur as needed and approved by the Director
of the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection
Agency, who shall serve as the officer required to be appointed under
section 10(e) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)
with respect to the Committee (in this subsection referred to as the
''Designated Federal Officer''). The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency may pay travel and per diem expenses of members of
the Advisory Committee when determined necessary and appropriate. The
Designated Federal Officer or a designee of such Officer shall be
present at all meetings, and each meeting will be conducted in
accordance with an agenda approved in advance by such Officer. The
Designated Federal Officer may adjourn any meeting when the Designated
Federal Officer determines it is in the public interest to do so. As
required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, meetings of the
Advisory Committee shall be open to the public unless the President
determines that a meeting or a portion of a meeting may be closed to
the public in accordance with subsection (c) of section 552b of title
5, United States Code. Unless a meeting or portion thereof is closed to
the public, the Designated Federal Officer shall provide an opportunity
for interested persons to file comments before or after such meeting or
to make statements to the extent that time permits.
(f) Duration.--The Advisory Committee shall remain in existence
until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 7. HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, DATA COLLECTION AND
ANALYSIS.

(a) Disproportionate Impact.--To the extent permitted by other
applicable law, including section 552a of title 5, United States Code,
popularly known as the Privacy Act of 1974, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, or the head of such other Federal
agency as the President may direct, shall collect, maintain, and
analyze information assessing and comparing environmental and human
health risks borne by populations identified by race, national origin,
or income. To the extent practical and appropriate, Federal agencies
shall use this information to determine whether their programs,
policies, and activities have disproportionately high and adverse human
health or environmental effects on minority populations and low-income
populations.
(b) Information Related to Non-Federal Facilities.--In connection
with the development and implementation of agency strategies in section
4, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or the
head of such other Federal agency as the President may direct, shall
collect, maintain, and analyze information on the race, national
origin, and income level, and other readily accessible and appropriate
information, for areas surrounding facilities or sites expected to have
a substantial environmental, human health, or economic effect on the
surrounding populations, if such facilities or sites become the subject
of a substantial Federal environmental administrative or judicial
action.
(c) Impact From Federal Facilities.--The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, or the head of such other Federal
agency as the President may direct, shall collect, maintain, and
analyze information on the race, national origin, and income level, and
other readily accessible and appropriate information, for areas
surrounding Federal facilities that are--
(1) subject to the reporting requirements under the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C.
11001 et seq.) as mandated in Executive Order No. 12856; and
(2) expected to have a substantial environmental, human
health, or economic effect on surrounding populations.
(d) Information Sharing.--(1) In carrying out the responsibilities
in this section, each Federal agency, to the extent practicable and
appropriate, shall share information and eliminate unnecessary
duplication of efforts through the use of existing data systems and
cooperative agreements among Federal agencies and with State, local,
and tribal governments.
(2) Except as prohibited by other applicable law, information
collected or maintained pursuant to this section shall be made
available to the public.
(e) Public Comment.--Federal agencies shall provide minority
populations and low-income populations the opportunity to participate
in the development, design, and conduct of activities undertaken
pursuant to this section.
A:
Environmental Justice Act of 2002 - 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.