Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 720 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 720 To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2025 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. (a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at t…