Sec. 205. Definition of frontline community
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The Board of Advisors shall establish a definition of frontline community for purposes of this Act. The definition under subsection
(a)shall include, at a minimum— a community or population that has experienced systemic socioeconomic disparities, environmental injustice, or another form of injustice, including— a low-income community; an indigenous community; and a community of color; a community or population that is the most vulnerable and will be the most adversely impacted by environmental and climate injustice and inequitable climate actions, including— a community or population described in paragraph (1); a deindustrialized community; a depopulated rural community; a vulnerable elderly population; an unhoused population; individuals with disabilities; and a community that is economically dependent on fossil fuel industries; and the women, the youth, and all of the descendants of women or youth that are part of a community or population described in paragraph
(1)or (2). The Board of Advisors shall iteratively reexamine the definition of frontline community established under subsection
(a)and update that definition, as the Board of Advisors determines to be appropriate.