Establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice.

Jasmine Crockett · Texas · Democratic

oversight impact 0.62 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Establish an Office of Environmental Justice within the Department of Justice to enforce environmental laws and hold polluters accountable.

Commits to creating an environmental justice office at DOJ.

Energy & Climate — Jasmine Crockett
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 60334 · locator unknown

The Justice Department also launched its first-ever Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) within ENRD today.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DOJ officially announced creation of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Environment and Natural Resources Division before Crockett entered Congress.

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Justice Department Launches Comprehensive Environmental Justice Strategy
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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The Justice Department today marked the second anniversary of its Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy (CEJES) and Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ).

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): DOJ confirmed the office still existed and was operating during Crockett's federal service, before later 2025 rollbacks.

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Justice Department Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary of Comprehensive Environmental Justice Enforcement Strategy and Office of Environmental Justice
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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verified · Source version 60338 · locator 1385

I hereby rescind the May 5, 2022 Memorandum from the Attorney General entitled Actions to Advance Environmental Justice

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Attorney General Bondi rescinded the DOJ environmental-justice memorandum underlying the 2022 DOJ environmental justice program, indicating reversal of the administrative framework.

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verified · Source version 60340 · locator 3842

Our bill reestablishes and permanently codifies the Office of Environmental Justice to protect impacted communities

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The congressional sponsors described the 2025 bill as a reestablishment and codification response after DOJ environmental justice efforts were eliminated.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Padilla, Barragán Introduce Bicameral Bill to Codify DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice - Senator Alex Padilla
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verified · Source version 60342 · locator 1498

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists H.R. 1553, with Jasmine Crockett as a cosponsor, as introduced and referred to committee; no enactment is shown on this official record.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 1553 (IH) - Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025 - BILLS-119hr1553ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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The Trump administration shuttered DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice in February 2025.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Recent reporting, consistent with official rescission records and congressional statements, says the DOJ office was shuttered in February 2025 and had not been restored by July 2026.

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DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say - Inside Climate News
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · unverified · Source revision or retrieval eligibility changed; current packet requires reassessment.. Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown

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Public state: pending As of 2026-09-18 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment promised establishing a DOJ Office of Environmental Justice. Verified evidence shows only that a bill was introduced and referred to committee, and that the bill was described as reestablishing and codifying the office. That is effort, not enactment or establishment. Other verified evidence shows the prior DOJ environmental justice framework was rescinded and the office was shuttered in February 2025. Because there is no verified passage proving enactment or a completed establishment attributable to Crockett, and no deadline has expired, the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%