S 720 · 119th Congress
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
This bill creates a new Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice to tackle pollution and environmental hazards that disproportionately affect low-income communities, communities of color, and Native American tribes. The office will be led by a Director appointed by the Attorney General and wi…
- Sponsor
- Padilla, Alex (D-California)
- Introduced
- 2025-02-25
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Latest action
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350)
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