1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Despite Executive Order 12898 (relating to Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations ), communities of color, low income communities, people with limited English proficiency, indigenous peoples, and people living with disabilities experience the impacts of climate change at a disproportionate rate. (2) The Environmental Protection Agency formed the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program to support and empower frontline communities that are working on solutions to the disproportionate impacts of climate change. (3) Between 2000 and 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency, through the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, awarded more than 630 small grants to assist with the cost of conducting research and education, as well as developing community-based solutions. 3. Office of Environmental Justice There is established in the Environmental Protection Agency an Office of Environmental Justice, which shall be headed by a Director. 4. Environmental justice small grants program (a) In general The Director of the Office of Environmental Justice shall establish an environmental justice grant program to make grants to eligible entities in accordance with this section. (b) Grants The Director may make a grant under this section, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to an eligible entity to carry out an environmental justice project. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Affected community The term affected community means a community that— (A) may be disproportionately affected by environmental harms and risks