§ 2151p.
(c)
Implementation considerations applicable to programs and projects
(1)
The President, in implementing programs and projects under this part and part X of this subchapter, shall take fully into account the impact of such programs and projects upon the environment and natural resources of developing countries. Subject to such procedures as the President considers appropriate, the President shall require all agencies and officials responsible for programs or projects under this part and part X of this subchapter—
(A)
to prepare and take fully into account an environmental impact statement for any program or project under this part and part X of this subchapter significantly affecting the environment of the global commons outside the jurisdiction of any country, the environment of the United States, or other aspects of the environment which the President may specify; and
(B)
to prepare and take fully into account an environmental assessment of any proposed program or project under this part and part X of this subchapter significantly affecting the environment of any foreign country.
Such agencies and officials should, where appropriate, use local technical resources in preparing environmental impact statements and environmental assessments pursuant to this subsection.
(2)
The President may establish exceptions from the requirements of this subsection for emergency conditions and for cases in which compliance with those requirements would be seriously detrimental to the foreign policy interests of the United States.
([Pub. L. 87–195], pt. I, § 117, formerly § 118, as added [Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 113(a)], Aug. 3, 1977, [91 Stat. 537]; amended [Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 110], Oct. 6, 1978, [92 Stat. 948]; [Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 122], Aug. 14, 1979, [93 Stat. 366]; [Pub. L. 97–113, title III, § 307], Dec. 29, 1981, [95 Stat. 1533]; renumbered § 117 and amended [Pub. L. 99–529, title III, § 301(1)], (2), Oct. 24, 1986, [100 Stat. 3014]; [Pub. L. 101–513, title V, § 562(d)(4)], Nov. 5, 1990, [104 Stat. 2031].)