Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

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Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 28, 2021

Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

This bill establishes an interagency Environmental Justice Mapping Committee that must create a tool to identify environmental justice communities. Environmental justice communities are communities with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects, as compared to other communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish an environmental justice data repository to maintain the data collected by the committee. The EPA must make the repository available to regional, state, local, and tribal governments.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021

Latest action (Feb 2, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 28, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.