To advance environmental justice by addressing cumulative impacts and underenforcement, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To advance environmental justice by addressing cumulative impacts and underenforcement, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Healthcare, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HEF36CFE63B074070829D85C6DA37EF5A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act of 2025.
- Section H89577E69DB32446EA3E5ECABD3E479AC: 2. Public health risks associated with cumulative environmental stressors Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the...
- Section HF777D4D8147E49958FCCE11DB9E79789: 3. Environmental justice for communities overburdened by environmental violations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the...
- Section H87CD3334AF744F818EE55C7F16D1098C: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term community of color means a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To advance environmental justice by addressing cumulative impacts and underenforcement, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Healthcare, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, To advance environmental justice by addressing cumulative impacts and underenforcement, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. DeGette introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a population of people who are members of— a federally recognized Indian Tribe
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