---identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s161.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "22 CFR § 161.1 - Purpose and scope."title_number: 22title_name: "Foreign Relations"section_number: "161.1"section_name: "Purpose and scope."chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"subchapter_number: "Q"subchapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION"part_number: "161"part_name: "REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NEPA)"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 E.O. 11514, 34 FR 4247, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26927; 22 U.S.C. 2658, as amended.22 U.S.C. 2651a and 2656; 42 U.S.C. 4321 E.O. 11514, 34 FR 4247, 3 CFR, 1966-1970, Comp., p. 902, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26927, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 123; E.O. 13867, 84 FR 15491."regulatory_source: "45 FR 59554, Sept. 10, 1980, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "161"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t22/s161.1
Currency
2026-04-05
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No
Updated
2026-04-05
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Department of State
Authority
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 E.O. 11514, 34 FR 4247, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26927; 22 U.S.C. 2658, as amended.22 U.S.C. 2651a and 2656; 42 U.S.C. 4321... National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 E.O. 11514, 34 FR 4247, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26927; 22 U.S.C. 2658, as amended.22 U.S.C. 2651a and 2656; 42 U.S.C. 4321 E.O. 11514, 34 FR 4247, 3 CFR, 1966-1970, Comp., p. 902, as amended by E.O. 11991, 42 FR 26927, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp., p. 123; E.O. 13867, 84 FR 15491.
# 161.1 Purpose and scope.These Departmental regulations are designed to supplement the CEQ Regulations and provide for the implementation of those provisions identified in § 1507.3(b) of the CEQ Regulations. The CEQ Regulations are incorporated herein by reference. The Department's regulations seek to assure that environmental considerations and values are incorporated into the Department's decisionmaking process and assign responsibility within the Department for assessing the significant environmental effects in the United States of the Department's actions.