Federal

Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

8,465 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 18081 — Procedures for determining eligibility for Exchange participation, premium tax credits and reduced cost-sharing, and individual responsibility exemptions
• § 18082 — Advance determination and payment of premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions
• § 18083 — Streamlining of procedures for enrollment through an Exchange and State medicaid, CHIP, and health subsidy programs
• § 18084 — Premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction payments disregarded for Federal and federally-assisted programs
• § 18091 — Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage; findings
• § 18092 — Notification of nonenrollment
• § 18101 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–10, div. B, title VIII, § 1858(a) , Apr. 15, 2011 , 125 Stat. 168
• § 18111 — Definitions
• § 18112 — Transparency in Government
• § 18113 — Prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide
• § 18114 — Access to therapies
• § 18115 — Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs
• § 18116 — Nondiscrimination
• § 18117 — Oversight
• § 18118 — Rules of construction
• § 18119 — Small business procurement
• § 18120 — Application
• § 18121 — Implementation funding
• § 18122 — Rule of construction regarding health care providers
• § 18201 — Definitions
• § 18202 — Establishment of Pregnancy Assistance Fund
• § 18203 — Permissible uses of Fund
• § 18204 — Appropriations
• § 18301 — Findings
• § 18302 — Definitions
• § 18311 — United States human space flight policy
• § 18312 — Goals and objectives
• § 18313 — Assurance of core capabilities
• § 18321 — Human space flight beyond low-Earth orbit
• § 18322 — Space Launch System as follow-on launch vehicle to the Space Shuttle
• § 18323 — Multi-purpose crew vehicle
• § 18324 — Utilization of existing workforce and assets in development of Space Launch System and multi-purpose crew vehicle
• § 18325 — NASA launch support and infrastructure modernization program
• § 18326 — Development of technologies and in-space capabilities for beyond near-Earth space missions
• § 18327 — Report requirement
• § 18341 — Commercial Cargo Development program
• § 18342 — Requirements applicable to development of commercial crew transportation capabilities and services
• § 18351 — Continuation of the International Space Station
• § 18352 — Maximum utilization of the International Space Station
• § 18353 — Maintenance of the United States segment and assurance of continued operations of the International Space Station
• § 18354 — Management of the ISS national laboratory
• § 18361 — Sense of Congress on the Space Shuttle program
• § 18362 — Retirement of Space Shuttle orbiters and transition of Space Shuttle program
• § 18363 — Disposition of orbiter vehicles
• § 18371 — Interagency collaboration implementation approach
• § 18372 — Transitioning experimental research to operations
• § 18373 — Decadal Survey missions implementation for Earth observation
• § 18374 — Instrument test-beds and venture class missions
• § 18381 — Technology development
• § 18382 — Suborbital research activities
• § 18383 — In-space servicing
• § 18384 — Decadal results
• § 18385 — On-going restoration of radioisotope thermoelectric generator material production
• § 18386 — Collaboration with ESMD and SOMD on robotic missions
• § 18387 — Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed
• § 18388 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–181, § 2(c)(2) , Oct. 21, 2020 , 134 Stat. 892
• § 18401 — Aeronautics research goals
• § 18402 — Research collaboration
• § 18403 — Goal for Agency space technology
• § 18404 — National space technology policy
• § 18405 — Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
• § 18421 — Study of potential commercial orbital platform program impact on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
• § 18431 — Workforce stabilization and critical skills preservation
• § 18441 — National and international orbital debris mitigation
• § 18442 — Reports on program and cost assessment and control assessment
• § 18443 — Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA
• § 18444 — Counterfeit parts
• § 18445 — Information security
• § 18501 — Exclusion of payments from State eugenics compensation programs from consideration in determining eligibility for, or the amount of, Federal public benefits
• § 1851 to 1854 — Repealed. Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1125 § 9, 64 Stat. 1111
• § 1855 to 1855g — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–606, title III, § 302(1) , Dec. 31, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1759
• § 1855aa to 1855ii — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–606, title III, § 302(2) , Dec. 31, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1759
• § 1855aaa to 1855nnn — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–606, title III, § 302(3) , Dec. 31, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1759
• § 1856 — Definitions
• § 1856a — Authority to enter into reciprocal agreement; waiver of claims; reimbursement; ratification of prior agreements
• § 1856a–1 — Authority to enter into contracts with State and local governmental entities
• § 1856b — Emergency assistance
• § 1856c — Service in line of duty
• § 1856d — Funds
• § 1856e — Reimbursement of fire funds
• § 1856m — Definitions
• § 1856n — Implementation
• § 1856n–1 — Reciprocal agreements with liability coverage
• § 1856o — Funds
• § 1856p — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–11, § 2 , Apr. 7, 1989 , 103 Stat. 15
• § 1857 to 1857c–9 — Transferred
• § 1857c–10 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–95, title I, § 112(b)(1) , Aug. 7, 1977 , 91 Stat. 709
• § 1857d to 1857f — Transferred
• § 1857f–1 to 1857f–5 — Transferred
• § 1857f–5a to 1857f–6c — Transferred
• § 1857f–6d — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–604, § 8(a) , Dec. 31, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1694
• § 1857f–6e to 1857f–7 — Transferred
• § 1857f–8 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–675, § 2(b) , Oct. 15, 1966 , 80 Stat. 954
• § 1857f–9 to 1857f–12 — Transferred
• § 1857g to 1857k — Transferred
• § 1857l — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–95, title III, § 306 , Aug. 7, 1977 , 91 Stat. 777
• § 1858, 1858a — Transferred
• § 18601 — Definitions
• § 1861 — Establishment; composition
• § 18611 — Sense of Congress on accelerating energy innovation
• § 18612 — Restoration of laboratory directed research and development program
• § 18613 — Research grants database
• § 18614 — Technology transfer and transitions assessment
• § 18615 — Agreements for commercializing technology pilot program
• § 1862 — Functions
• § 1862a — Findings and purpose
• § 1862b — Establishment of Program
• § 1862c — Procedures, guidelines, and planning activities
• § 1862d — Set-aside for certain institutions
• § 1862e — Evaluations of research centers
• § 1862f — Research center consortia
• § 1862g — Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
• § 1862h — Congressional statement of findings and declaration of purposes respecting scientific and technical education and training
• § 1862i — STEM education
• § 1862j — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1862k — Findings; core strategies
• § 1862l — National research facilities
• § 1862m — Financial disclosure
• § 1862n — Mathematics and science education partnerships
• § 1862n–1 — Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
• § 1862n–10 — Minority-serving institutions undergraduate program
• § 1862n–1a — National Science Foundation Teaching Fellowships and Master Teaching Fellowships
• § 1862n–2 — Establishment of centers for research on mathematics and science learning and education improvement
• § 1862n–3 — Duplication of programs
• § 1862n–4 — Major research equipment and facilities construction plan
• § 1862n–5 — Board meetings; audits; reports; scholarship eligibility
• § 1862n–6 — Undergraduate education reform
• § 1862n–7 — Reports
• § 1862n–8 — Evaluations
• § 1862n–9 — Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
• § 1862o — Postdoctoral research fellows
• § 1862o–1 — Responsible conduct of research
• § 1862o–10 — Advanced information and communications technology research
• § 1862o–11 — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–329, title II, § 204(a)(3)(B) , Jan. 6, 2017 , 130 Stat. 2999
• § 1862o–12 — Hispanic-serving institutions undergraduate program
• § 1862o–13 — Professional science master’s degree programs
• § 1862o–14 — Major research instrumentation
• § 1862o–15 — Limit on proposals
• § 1862o–2 — Reporting of research results
• § 1862o–3 — Sharing research results
• § 1862o–4 — Funding for successful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education programs
• § 1862o–5 — Meeting critical national science needs
• § 1862o–6 — Research on innovation and inventiveness
• § 1862o–7 — Cyberinfrastructure
• § 1862o–8 — Pilot program of grants for new investigators
• § 1862o–9 — Broader impacts merit review criterion
• § 1862p — National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
• § 1862p–1 — National Science Foundation manufacturing research and education
• § 1862p–10 — Academic technology transfer and commercialization of university research
• § 1862p–11 — NSF grants in support of sponsored post-doctoral fellowship programs
• § 1862p–12 — Cloud computing research enhancement
• § 1862p–13 — Tribal colleges and universities program
• § 1862p–14 — Broader Impacts Review Criterion
• § 1862p–15 — Twenty-first century graduate education
• § 1862p–2 — Partnerships for innovation
• § 1862p–3 — Sustainable chemistry basic research
• § 1862p–4 — Undergraduate broadening participation program
• § 1862p–5 — Research experiences for high school students
• § 1862p–6 — Research experiences for undergraduates
• § 1862p–7 — STEM industry internship programs
• § 1862p–8 — Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges
• § 1862p–9 — Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
• § 1862q — Informal STEM education
• § 1862r — Research in disabilities education
• § 1862r–1 — Dyslexia
• § 1862s — Reaffirmation of merit-based peer review
• § 1862s–1 — Transparency and accountability
• § 1862s–2 — Oversight of NSF major multi-user research facility projects
• § 1862s–3 — Personnel oversight
• § 1862s–4 — Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
• § 1862s–5 — Programs to expand STEM opportunities
• § 1862s–6 — Presidential awards for excellence in STEM mentoring
• § 1862s–7 — Computer science education research
• § 1862s–8 — Innovation Corps
• § 1862s–9 — Translational research grants
• § 1862t — Supporting veterans in STEM education and computer science
• § 1862u — NSF support of research on opioid addiction
• § 1862v — National Science Foundation research
• § 1862w — NSF support of research on impacts of social media on human trafficking
• § 1863 — National Science Board
• § 18631 — Crosscutting research and development
• § 18632 — Energy Innovation Hubs
• § 1864 — Director of Foundation
• § 18641 — Basic energy sciences
• § 18642 — Advanced scientific computing research
• § 18643 — High-energy physics
• § 18644 — Biological and environmental research
• § 18645 — Fusion energy
• § 18646 — Nuclear physics
• § 18647 — Science laboratories infrastructure program
• § 18648 — Accelerator research and development
• § 18649 — Isotope research, development, and production
• § 1864a — Deputy Director of the Foundation
• § 1865 — Executive Committee
• § 18650 — Increased collaboration with teachers and scientists
• § 18651 — High intensity laser research initiative
• § 18652 — Helium conservation program
• § 18653 — Office of Science Biological Threat Preparedness Research Initiative
• § 18654 — Midscale instrumentation and research equipment program
• § 18655 — Authorization of appropriations