Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- Feb 25, 2025
What it does
The bill would establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division to coordinate federal efforts addressing disproportionate environmental and health impacts on low-income, Tribal, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities. It would create a Senior Advisory Council to advise on environmental justice policy and require the Attorney General to launch a competitive grant program to help state, local, and Tribal governments enforce environmental laws in affected communities. The Office would develop environmental justice strategies, provide training and outreach, support community participation, and track cases…
No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.