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Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán
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Latest action · Feb 25, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What it does
This bill establishes the Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ). It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters. (On February 5, 2025, DOJ issued a directive to close its Office of Environmental Justice by March 15, 2025.)
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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