---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "National Environmental Policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch55"
sections_count: 64
---

# Chapter 55 — National Environmental Policy

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§4321. Congressional declaration of purpose](/usc/42/4321.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Policies and Goals](/usc/42/ch55-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Council on Environmental Quality](/usc/42/ch55-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch55-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Federal Permitting Improvement](/usc/42/ch55-schIV.md)