---identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s161.2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "22 CFR § 161.2 - Policy."title_number: 22title_name: "Foreign Relations"section_number: "161.2"section_name: "Policy."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: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"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/s161.2
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
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.
# 161.2 Policy.It is the policy of the Department of State to use all practicable means, consistent with the Department's statutory authority, available resources and national policy, to:(a) Protect and enhance the quality of the environment;(b) Ensure that environmental amenities and values are appropriately considered in Departmental actions;(c) Integrate planning and environmental review procedures with the Department's decisionmaking process;(d) Invite and facilitate, when appropriate, Federal, State and local governmental authorities and public involvement in decisions which affect the quality of the environment; and(e) Recognize the worldwide and long-range character of environmental concerns and, when consistent with the foreign policy of the United States, lend appropriate support to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize international cooperation in anticipating and preventing a decline in the quality of the world environment.