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Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
- Introduced
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
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, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Feb 25, 2025 Introduced in House
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