---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 262p–4k"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "262p–4k"
heading: "Promotion of institution-building for nongovernmental organizations concerned with environment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/262p-4k"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc."
---

# §262p–4k. Promotion of institution-building for nongovernmental organizations concerned with environment


The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Directors of the [multilateral development banks](/usc/22/262p–5.md?p=1) to vigorously promote the adoption of policies and procedures which seek to—

- (1) increase collaboration with, and, where necessary, strengthen, nongovernmental organizations in such countries which are concerned with environmental protection by providing appropriate assistance and [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) for programs and activities on environmental protection; and
- (2) encourage international collaboration for information exchange and project enhancement with nongovernmental organizations in developing countries which are concerned with environmental protection and government agencies and private voluntary organizations in developed countries which are concerned with environmental protection.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–118, title XVI, § 1616, as added Pub. L. 101–240, title V, § 512, Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2510.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

The definitions in section 262p–5 of this title apply to this section.