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Executive Order 12114Active

Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions

Jimmy Carter
January 4, 1979
44 FR 1957

Summary

Required federal agencies to consider the environmental effects of their actions in areas outside the United States, its territories, and possessions.

Topics

environmentforeign policyNEPA

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