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119-hr-6815119th Congress
Environmental Justice Screening Tool Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
Introduced
Summary
Environmental Justice Screening Tool would require the EPA to build a public geospatial map that flags census tracts facing disproportionate environmental, health, climate, economic, and social burdens. The map would be published within one year after enactment and used to guide federal decision making and resource allocation.
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- Families and communities: Census tracts that meet category thresholds would be identified so those neighborhoods can be prioritized for funding or other federal resources aimed at pollution, health, housing, or climate risks.
- Federal agencies: Heads of departments and agencies would be required to adopt the tool when identifying disproportionately burdened communities and when prioritizing funding or resources, subject to each agency head's discretion on extent and manner.
- Local, tribal, and nonprofit partners: The EPA would solicit data and feedback from institutions of higher education, nonprofits, community-based organizations, and State, local, and tribal officials to set thresholds and refine factor categories.
- Transparency and tracking: The EPA would publish an annual report showing updates to the tool and which census tracts were newly identified or removed after each update.
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Public map to guide aid to burdened communities
The bill would require EPA to publish a public Environmental Justice Screening Tool within one year after enactment. The tool would flag communities inside census tracts that meet thresholds for environmental, climate, health, economic, or social burdens. EPA would set the thresholds and ask colleges, nonprofits, and state, local, and tribal officials for input and data. Federal agencies would adopt the tool, as they find appropriate, to target funding and resources to these communities within one year after the tool is published. EPA would review and update the tool within one year and every year after, and would send Congress a report listing tracts newly added or removed.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
VI • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/12/2026
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