Sec. 101. Climate and Environmental Equity Office
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Section 201 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 601 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established in the Office a Climate and Environmental Equity Office. The Climate and Environmental Equity Office shall be headed by a Director appointed by the Director of the Office. . Section 202(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this paragraph, the terms environmental or climate change nexus and frontline community have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Climate Equity Act of 2020 .
In addition to any analysis under section 402, the Climate and Environmental Equity Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill or resolution with an environmental or climate change nexus that is reported by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate and submit to such committee a statement by the Climate and Environmental Equity Office analyzing the quantitative and qualitative impacts to frontline communities of the bill or resolution in conformance with the criteria developed under subparagraph (C).
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(i)shall be included in the report accompanying a bill or resolution if timely submitted to the applicable committee before the report is filed. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Director of the Climate and Environmental Equity Office, in coordination with an advisory board composed of relevant experts and representatives from frontline communities identified in coordination with the Board of Advisors established under section 203(a) of the Climate Equity Act of 2020 , shall develop and make publicly available criteria for analyzing the quantitative and qualitative impacts of legislation under this paragraph. The criteria developed under clause
(i)shall be reviewed once every 5 years by an advisory board described in that clause to incorporate the best available science, best practices, and new understanding relating to the impacts of policy on economic, social, environmental, and public health matters. The Climate and Environmental Equity Office shall coordinate with the Director of the Office and other employees of the Office in carrying out this paragraph. It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution with an environmental or climate change nexus that is reported by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate unless the Director of the Climate and Environmental Equity Office has published a statement on the quantitative and qualitative impacts to frontline communities of the legislation prepared under subparagraph (B). Any action taken by the Director of the Climate and Environmental Equity Office shall be informed by the best available science. .
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