H.Res. 362: Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes.
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H.Res. 362: Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes.
115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-25 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
Reaffirms the importance of clean air, clean water, resource conservation, and other policy goals that led to the enactment of existing environmental and public health protections. Affirms the need to achieve environmental justice so that environmental and public health policies adequately and equally protect all Americans. Commends environmental justice advocates for their work to achieve fairer, healthier, more sustainable policies and outcomes. Acknowledges the prevalence of environmental injustices that directly affect the health and well-being of individuals and communities across the country, especially racial minority, rural, indigenous, and low-income communities. Affirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to ameliorating existing environmental injustices and preventing future injustices.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] · 13 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
- A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres362.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>
Record fed-us-cong115-hres362 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115