A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice to provide guidance to Federal agencies on the development of criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority populations and low-income populations, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY]show cosponsors (4) Cosponsors: Barbara Boxer [D-CA] Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] Charles Schumer [D-NY] Text: Summary | Full Text Cost: less than $1 per American over the 2009-2013 period. This is computed from a Congressional Budget Office report, merely by dividing the estimated cost of $106,000,000 by the U.S. population. The figure is extracted from the report automatically and may be incorrect. See the report for details. Status: Introduced Jan 23, 2008 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee Jul 31, 2008 Senate Vote (did not occur) House Vote (did not occur) Signed by President (did not occur) This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. Last Action: Sep 24, 2008: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1076. Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

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|quote=Environmental Justice Renewal Act
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