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H.R. 2696: Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017

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H.R. 2696: Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017

Plain summary

Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017 This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Environmental Justice, which must: complete and publish online environmental justice assessments of executive orders and discuss the assessments with the President before the executive orders are signed, review progress being made on implementing environmental justice policies at certain agencies, coordinate community and stakeholder outreach, and ensure that the goals of Executive Order 12898 relating to federal actions to address environmental justice in minority populations and low-income populations are being actively implemented through science-based regulations in the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the bill expands the membership of the Domestic Policy Council to include a representative from the office.

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Official text

Executive Office of Environmental Justice Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · 14 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] reported raising $2.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2696 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115