To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill codifies Executive Order 14096, which directs the federal government to treat environmental justice as part of agency missions and federal decision-making. By giving the order the force and effect of law, the bill would make its environmental justice commitments more durable than an ordinary executive order. The practical stakes are federal agency planning, permitting, enforcement, grantmaking, community engagement, data, and accountability for communities facing disproportionate pollution, health, climate, and infrastructure burdens.
Who Benefits and How
Environmental justice communities benefit because the executive order's federal commitments would have statutory force. Fence-line community residents benefit if agencies must keep considering cumulative pollution and health burdens in decisions. Community advocacy organizations benefit from a stronger legal basis for pressing agencies on environmental justice duties. White House Environmental Justice Council participants benefit from codified federal coordination expectations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal agency environmental justice officers must implement the order as law rather than only executive policy. Federal permitting agencies must account for environmental justice commitments in covered decisions. Regulated industries may face more environmental justice analysis, engagement, and mitigation expectations. Agency grant administrators must align program implementation with codified environmental justice direction.
Key Provisions
- Provides that Executive Order 14096 has the force and effect of law.
- Strengthens federal environmental justice commitments beyond ordinary executive-order status.
- Requires federal agencies to treat environmental justice duties as legally durable obligations.
- Supports continued attention to pollution, health, climate, and infrastructure burdens in affected communities.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Gives Executive Order 14096 on revitalizing the federal commitment to environmental justice for all the force and effect of law.
Key Policy Areas
Environmental Justice, Federal Agencies, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
Gives Executive Order 14096 on revitalizing the federal commitment to environmental justice for all the force and effect of law.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Environmental justice communities
- Fence-line community residents
- Community advocacy organizations
- White House Environmental Justice Council participants
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal agency environmental justice officers
- Federal permitting agencies
- Regulated industries
- Agency grant administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Barragán (for herself, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Carson, Ms. Norton, …
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
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