Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHRES-362House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: May 26, 2017

Summary

Official Summary

Reaffirms the importance of clean air, clean water, resource conservation, and other policy goals that led to the enactment of existing environmental and public health protections.

Affirms the need to achieve environmental justice so that environmental and public health policies adequately and equally protect all Americans.

Commends environmental justice advocates for their work to achieve fairer, healthier, more sustainable policies and outcomes.

Acknowledges the prevalence of environmental injustices that directly affect the health and well-being of individuals and communities across the country, especially racial minority, rural, indigenous, and low-income communities.

Affirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to ameliorating existing environmental injustices and preventing future injustices.

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  1. 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.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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