Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 101
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 28, 2021
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Jan 28, 2021
Latest Action
Jan 28, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
101
Congress
117
Policy Area
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection
Primary focus of measure is regulation of pollution including from hazardous substances and radioactive releases; climate change and greenhouse gases; environmental assessment and research; solid waste and recycling; ecology. Measures concerning energy exploration, efficiency, and conservation may fall under Energy policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
California
Democrat
Illinois
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Minnesota
Democrat
Wisconsin
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
January 28, 2021
Actions (2)
01/28/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
01/28/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:32 PM