Environmental Justice Screening Tool Act of 2025

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create and publish an online mapping tool, called the Environmental Justice Screening Tool, within one year of the law taking effect. The tool would identify census tracts as disproportionately burdened based on thresholds the EPA sets for environmental, climate change, human health, economic, and social factors, such as air quality, natural disasters, asthma rates, poverty, and racial or ethnic demographics. The EPA would ask universities, nonprofits, community groups, and state, local, and tribal officials for feedback and data. The EPA would review and update the tool each year and report changes to Congress. Each federal agency would adopt the tool, as its head finds appropriate, to identify these communities and prioritize funding or resources for them.

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Sponsors

• Luz M. Rivas Democrat sponsor
• 15 cosponsors