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.

• § 4057 — Alternative loss allocation system for indeterminate claims
• § 405a — Regulations pertaining to frequency or due dates of payments and reports under voluntary agreements covering State and local employees; effective date
• § 405b — Reducing identity fraud
• § 406 — Representation of claimants before Commissioner
• § 407 — Assignment of benefits
• § 4071 — Federal operation of program; determination by Administrator; fiscal agents; report to Congress
• § 4072 — Adjustment and payment of claims; judicial review; limitations; jurisdiction
• § 408 — Penalties
• § 4081 — Services by insurance industry
• § 4082 — Use of insurance pool, companies, or other private organizations for certain payments
• § 4083 — Settlement of claims; arbitration
• § 4084 — Records and audits
• § 409 — “Wages” defined
• § 410 — Definitions relating to employment
• § 4101 — Identification of flood-prone areas
• § 4101a — Technical Mapping Advisory Council
• § 4101b — National Flood Mapping Program
• § 4101c — Coordination
• § 4101d — Flood insurance rate map certification
• § 4101e — Exemption from fees for certain map change requests
• § 4102 — Criteria for land management and use
• § 4102a — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100225(c) , July 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 941
• § 4103 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–325, title V, § 551(a) , Sept. 23, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2269
• § 4104 — Flood elevation determinations
• § 4104–1 — Scientific Resolution Panel
• § 4104a — Notice requirements
• § 4104b — Standard hazard determination forms
• § 4104c — Mitigation assistance
• § 4104d — National Flood Mitigation Fund
• § 4105 — Disaster mitigation requirements; notification to flood-prone areas
• § 4106 — Nonparticipation in flood insurance program
• § 4107 — Consultation with local officials; scope
• § 410a — Transferred
• § 411 — Definitions relating to self-employment
• § 412 — Self-employment income credited to calendar years
• § 4121 — Definitions
• § 4122 — Studies of other natural disasters; cooperation and consultation with other departments and agencies
• § 4123 — Advance payments
• § 4124 — Applicability of fiscal controls
• § 4125 — Finality of certain financial transactions
• § 4126 — Administrative expenses
• § 4127 — Authorization of appropriations; availability
• § 4128 — Rules and regulations
• § 4129 — Federal Insurance Administrator; establishment of position
• § 413 — Quarter and quarter of coverage
• § 4130 — No cause of action
• § 4131 — Levee certifications
• § 414 — Insured status for purposes of old-age and survivors insurance benefits
• § 415 — Computation of primary insurance amount
• § 4151 — “Building” defined
• § 4152 — Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Administrator of General Services
• § 4153 — Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• § 4154 — Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; Secretary of Defense
• § 4154a — Standards for design, construction, and alteration of buildings; United States Postal Service
• § 4155 — Effective date of standards
• § 4156 — Waiver and modification of standards
• § 4157 — Omitted
• § 416 — Additional definitions
• § 417 — Benefits for veterans
• § 418 — Voluntary agreements for coverage of State and local employees
• § 418a — Voluntary agreements for coverage of Indian tribal council members
• § 419 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–778, title I, § 103(j)(1) , Sept. 13, 1960 , 74 Stat. 937
• § 420 — Disability provisions inapplicable if benefit rights impaired
• § 4201 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 421 — Disability determinations
• § 4211 to 4214 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 422 — Rehabilitation services
• § 4221 to 4223 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 4224 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 101(b) , Oct. 19, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2237
• § 4225 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 423 — Disability insurance benefit payments
• § 4231 to 4233 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 424 — Repealed. Pub. L. 85–840, title II, § 206 , Aug. 28, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1025
• § 4241 to 4244 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 424a — Reduction of disability benefits
• § 425 — Additional rules relating to benefits based on disability
• § 4251 to 4261 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–258, § 5(b) , Sept. 13, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1068
• § 426 — Entitlement to hospital insurance benefits
• § 426–1 — End stage renal disease program
• § 426a — Transitional provision on eligibility of uninsured individuals for hospital insurance benefits
• § 427 — Transitional insured status for purposes of old-age and survivors benefits
• § 4271 — Establishment
• § 4272 — Declaration of purpose
• § 4273 — Membership of Commission; appointment of members; term
• § 4274 — Organization of Commission
• § 4275 — Duties of Commission
• § 4276 — Powers and administrative provisions
• § 4277 — Compensation of members
• § 4278 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4279 — Receipt of funds; consideration by Congress
• § 428 — Benefits at age 72 for certain uninsured individuals
• § 429 — Benefits in case of members of uniformed services
• § 430 — Adjustment of contribution and benefit base
• § 4301 to 4312 — Omitted
• § 431 — Benefits for certain individuals interned by United States during World War II
• § 432 — Processing of tax data
• § 4321 — Congressional declaration of purpose
• § 433 — International agreements
• § 4331 — Congressional declaration of national environmental policy
• § 4332 — Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information; recommendations; international and national coordination of efforts
• § 4332a — Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title I, § 1304(j)(2) , Dec. 4, 2015 , 129 Stat. 1386
• § 4333 — Conformity of administrative procedures to national environmental policy
• § 4334 — Other statutory obligations of agencies
• § 4335 — Efforts supplemental to existing authorizations
• § 4336 — Procedure for determination of level of review
• § 4336a — Timely and unified Federal reviews
• § 4336b — Programmatic environmental document
• § 4336c — Adoption of categorical exclusions
• § 4336d — E-NEPA
• § 4336e — Definitions
• § 4336f — Project sponsor opt-in fees for environmental reviews
• § 434 — Demonstration project authority
• § 4341 — Omitted
• § 4342 — Establishment; membership; Chairman; appointments
• § 4343 — Employment of personnel, experts and consultants
• § 4344 — Duties and functions
• § 4345 — Consultation with Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality and other representatives
• § 4346 — Tenure and compensation of members
• § 4346a — Travel reimbursement by private organizations and Federal, State, and local governments
• § 4346b — Expenditures in support of international activities
• § 4347 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4361, 4361a — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2021(k)(1) , (2), Dec. 21, 1995 , 109 Stat. 728
• § 4361b — Implementation by Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency of recommendations of “CHESS” Investigative Report; waiver; inclusion of status of implementation requirements in annual revisions of plan for research, development, and demonstration
• § 4361c — Staff management
• § 4362 — Interagency cooperation on prevention of environmental cancer and heart and lung disease
• § 4362a — Membership of Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease
• § 4363 — Continuing and long-term environmental research and development
• § 4363a — Pollution control technologies demonstrations
• § 4364 — Expenditure of funds for research and development related to regulatory program activities
• § 4365 — Science Advisory Board
• § 4366 — Identification and coordination of research, development, and demonstration activities
• § 4366a — Omitted
• § 4367 — Reporting requirements of financial interests of officers and employees of Environmental Protection Agency
• § 4368 — Grants to qualified citizens groups
• § 4368a — Utilization of talents of older Americans in projects of pollution prevention, abatement, and control
• § 4368b — General assistance program
• § 4369 — Miscellaneous reports
• § 4369a — Reports on environmental research and development activities of Agency
• § 4370 — Reimbursement for use of facilities
• § 4370a — Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties
• § 4370b — Availability of fees and charges to carry out Agency programs
• § 4370c — Environmental Protection Agency fees
• § 4370d — Percentage of Federal funding for organizations owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals
• § 4370e — Working capital fund in Treasury
• § 4370f — Availability of funds after expiration of period for liquidating obligations
• § 4370g — Availability of funds for uniforms and certain services
• § 4370h — Availability of funds for facilities
• § 4370i — Regional liaisons for minority, tribal, and low-income communities
• § 4370j — Municipal Ombudsman
• § 4370m — Definitions
• § 4370m–1 — Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
• § 4370m–10 — GAO report
• § 4370m–11 — Savings provision
• § 4370m–12 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title VIII, § 70801(h) , Nov. 15, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1294
• § 4370m–2 — Permitting process improvement
• § 4370m–3 — Interstate compacts
• § 4370m–4 — Coordination of required reviews
• § 4370m–5 — Delegated State permitting programs
• § 4370m–6 — Litigation, judicial review, and savings provision
• § 4370m–7 — Reports
• § 4370m–8 — Funding for governance, oversight, and processing of environmental reviews and permits
• § 4370m–9 — Application
• § 4371 — Congressional findings, declarations, and purposes
• § 4372 — Office of Environmental Quality
• § 4373 — Referral of Environmental Quality Reports to standing committees having jurisdiction
• § 4374 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 4375 — Office of Environmental Quality Management Fund
• § 4391 — Congressional statement of findings
• § 4392 — Presidential study
• § 4393 — Report to Congress by President
• § 4394 — Omitted
• § 4395 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 44, 45 — Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 1(45) , 65 Stat. 703
• § 4401, 4402 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4411 to 4413 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4413a — Transferred
• § 4414 to 4420 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4431 to 4436 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4451 — Transferred
• § 4452 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–24, § 7 , Apr. 20, 1973 , 87 Stat. 25
• § 4453 to 4456 — Transferred
• § 4457 to 4462 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4481 to 4485 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 703 , formerly title VI, § 603, May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 164 ; renumbered title VII, § 703, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1) , (2), Oct. 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3100
• § 4501 — Congressional statement of purpose
• § 4502 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
• § 4503 — National Urban Policy Report
• § 4511 to 4524 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 474(e)], Nov. 30, 1983 , 97 Stat. 1239
• § 4525 — Real property taxation
• § 4526 — Audit by Government Accountability Office
• § 4527 — General powers of Secretary
• § 4528 to 4532 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 474(e)], Nov. 30, 1983 , 97 Stat. 1239
• § 4541 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 4542 — Congressional declaration for utilization of programs under other Federal laws in fields of health and social services
• § 4551 — Transferred
• § 4552, 4553 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(c)(1) , Apr. 26, 1983 , 97 Stat. 182
• § 4561 — Transferred
• § 4571 — Transferred
• § 4572, 4573 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 962(b) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 593
• § 4574 — Transferred
• § 4576 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 962(b) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 593