S. 2722: Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018
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S. 2722: Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-19 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-19 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018
Plain summary
Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018 This bill addresses pesticide and cosmetics regulation with respect to environmental justice concerns. Specifically, when developing policy and regulations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Environmental Protection Agency must: take federal and state agency and public comments into consideration, seek to achieve environmental justice, and ensure transparency regarding pesticide ingredients. The bill establishes Spanish-language translation requirements for pesticide labels, as well as for other appropriate languages. The bill also establishes requirements relating to the safety of specified chemicals used in cosmetics, health and safety procedures in nail and hair salons, and related reports and grant programs.
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Official text
Environmental Justice Right to Know Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · 1 cosponsors
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Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
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- Bill
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- 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
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2722.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s2722 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115