The Council on Environmental Quality is an office inside the Executive Office of the President that advises the President on environmental and energy matters. It coordinates federal environmental efforts and oversees how agencies carry out the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires the government to study the environmental effects of major federal actions.
A component of Executive Office of the President.
Created by Congress under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Title II (Pub. L. 91-190, Title II; 42 U.S.C. 4342), it acts within the authority that statute grants. Its actions are subject to judicial review and to congressional oversight and funding.
