Sec. 202. Functions; personnel
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The functions of the Office include— to represent the views of frontline communities in rulemaking; to conduct research, using the best available science, on environmental and climate issues and trends in frontline communities; to measure the direct and indirect costs of environmental and climate regulations on frontline communities; to develop and coordinate relevant environmental justice definitions and nomenclature across the executive branch; to monitor compliance with the requirements of this Act; and to coordinate with other Federal efforts to address environmental justice, such as efforts through the Council on Environmental Quality and the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
On the recommendation of the Board of Advisors, the head of the Office shall appoint a secretary for the Board of Advisors, and such other employees as the head of the Office determines to be necessary to exercise and fulfill the powers and responsibilities of the Office. The compensation of all employees appointed under paragraph
(1)shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. The head of the Office shall work in coordination with the head of each agency described in paragraph
(2)to establish or designate within each agency a position, to be known as the Director of Climate and Environmental Justice . The agencies referred to in paragraph
(1)are— the Environmental Protection Agency; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of Commerce; the Department of Defense; the Department of Energy; the Department of Health and Human Services; the Department of Homeland Security; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Department of the Interior; the Department of Labor; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Education; the Department of Justice; the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Small Business Administration; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; the Council on Environmental Quality; and any other Federal department, agency, commission, or office that the head of the Office determines to be appropriate. The function of a Director is to ensure the implementation of this Act within the applicable agency.