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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced April 24, 2025 by Diana DeGette · Last progress April 24, 2025
Requires the EPA Administrator to develop and carry out a federal protocol for assessing and addressing cumulative environmental stressors (like climate impacts and multiple pollutant exposures) and to identify, study, and remediate at least 100 environmental justice communities with above-average violations. The bill sets firm deadlines for publishing a proposed protocol, taking public comment and hearings, issuing a final protocol, and implementing the protocol and community remediation actions within multi-year timelines.
Direct effects include mandated community-level analyses, resident engagement, root-cause identification, and concrete measures to reduce environmental law violations well below national averages; many requirements must be carried out with state and local co-regulators and apply to Tribal and low-income communities as defined in the bill.