House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
Official title: To establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragán D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1553.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1553, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1553
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Sylvester Turner (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.Res. 543 (119th) Recognizing the right to peacefully protest and condemning violence and authoritarian responses to expressions of dissent.
- H.R. 5673 (119th) Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
- H.R. 10415 (119th) Food for Thought Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1402 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
- H.R. 576 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
- H.R. 1449 (119th) Energy Resilient Communities Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.