U.S. Senate · 119th Congress · S. 720
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025
A bill to establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Alex PadillaD-CA
- Introduced
- February 25, 2025, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (11)
11 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Richard BlumenthalD-CT
- Cory A. BookerD-NJ
- Tammy DuckworthD-IL
- Edward J. MarkeyD-MA
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Bernard SandersD-VT
- Adam B. SchiffD-CA
- Chris Van HollenD-MD
- Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
- Ron WydenD-OR
Signed on later
- Richard J. DurbinD-ILFebruary 27, 2025