; (2) to maximize the benefits of programs and activities of the Environmental Protection Agency to communities with environmental justice concerns; and (3) to enforce title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other Federal civil rights laws, which together prohibit discrimination by applicants for and recipients of financial assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency. (b) Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights The Office shall be led by an Assistant Administrator for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (referred to in this section as the Assistant Administrator ), to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. (c) Duties The duties of the Office shall include— (1) supporting the mission of the Environmental Protection Agency by providing leadership on environmental justice and external civil rights in the programs and activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with other Federal agencies and partners; (2) coordinating implementation of the environmental justice and external civil rights programs and activities described in paragraph (1) across— (A) national programs and regions of the Environmental Protection Agency; and (B) partnerships the Environmental Protection Agency has with other agencies and partners in State, Tribal, and local governments and communities; (3) providing resources and other technical assistance on civil rights and environmental justice to partners in State, Tribal, and local governments and communities; (4) engaging with communities with environmental justice concerns; (5) providing support for community-led action relating to environmental justice