---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7901"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "7901"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/7901"
units:
  - "Chapter 86 — Climate Change Technology Deployment in Developing Countries"
---

# §7901. Definitions


In this chapter:

- (1) **Carbon sequestration—** The term “carbon sequestration” means the capture of carbon dioxide through terrestrial, geological, biological, or other means, which prevents the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
- (2) **Greenhouse gas—** The term “greenhouse gas” means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
- (3) **Greenhouse gas intensity—** The term “greenhouse gas intensity” means the ratio of [greenhouse gas](#2) emissions to economic output.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–240, title VII, § 731, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XVI, § 1611, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1113.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 101–240, title VII, § 739, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title XVI, § 1611, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1117, provided that: “Except as otherwise provided in this part [part C (§§ 731–739) of title VII of Pub. L. 101–240, enacting this chapter], this part takes effect on October 1, 2005.”

### Executive Documents

### Executive Order No. 14027

Ex. Ord. No. 14027, May 7, 2021, 86 F.R. 25947, which established the Climate Change Support Office, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 14148, § 2(ff), Jan. 20, 2025, 90 F.R. 8238, and Ex. Ord. No. 14154, § 4(a)(vi), Jan. 20, 2025, 90 F.R. 8354.