House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Environmental Justice Screening Tool Act of 2025

H.R. 6815Introduced Dec 17, 2025Policy area: Environmental Protection

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a geospatial mapping tool to identify disproportionately burdened communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Luz Rivas D-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6815.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. RIVAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6024):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
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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

15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats

0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Luz Rivas.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-29 district

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Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.