{"id":26708,"date":"2022-07-27T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=26708"},"modified":"2022-07-27T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:54:39","slug":"house-committee-on-natural-resources-markup-on-h-r-2021-environmental-justice-for-all-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/07\/27\/house-committee-on-natural-resources-markup-on-h-r-2021-environmental-justice-for-all-act\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee on Natural Resources markup on H.R.2021, Environmental Justice For All Act"},"content":{"rendered":"
House Committee on Natural Resources<\/div>\r\n
Markup on Environmental Justice For All Act<\/strong><\/div>\r\nDate: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
\r\nTime: 09:30 AM
\r\nLocation: Longworth House Office Building 1324
\r\nPresiding: The Honorable Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva, Chair\r\n

<\/p>\r\nOn Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern in Room 1324 Longworth Hearing Room and via Webex, and livestreamed on the Committee\u2019s YouTube page<\/a>, the House Committee on Natural Resources<\/a> will meet to consider the following bill:\r\n

<\/p>\r\n• H.R.2021<\/a>, the Environmental Justice For All Act. The bill addresses the impacts of environmental racism<\/a> on people of color, low-income communities and tribal nations.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“The legislation is rooted in the moral principle that all people have the right to pure air, clean water, and an environment that enriches life,” supports of the\r\nEnvironmental Justice For All Act write in an explanation of H.R.2021<\/a>. “It is informed by the belief that federal policy can and should seek to achieve environmental justice, health equity, and climate justice for all underserved communities.”\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nThe bill requires federal agencies, when carrying out the National Environmental Policy Act<\/a>, to ensure tribal governments are consulted on actions that affect them. According to H.R.2021, the actions include decisions affecting sacred sites and off-reservation lands.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe bill also requires most federal agencies to establish an environmental justice strategy. According to H.R.2021, the strategy must address disproportionate impacts of federal environmental policy on tribal and Indigenous communities.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAdditionally, the bill requires the establishment of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. According to H.R.2021, membership shall include representatives of tribal and Indigenous communities, along with representatives of tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations and Native Hawaiian organizations.\r\n

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House Committee on Natural Resources Documents<\/div>\r\nFull Committee Markup Notice<\/a> (naturalreosources.house.gov)
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