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.

• § 7513a — Plan provisions and schedules for plan submissions
• § 7513b — Issuance of RACM and BACM guidance
• § 7514 — Plan submission deadlines
• § 7514a — Attainment dates
• § 7515 — General savings clause
• § 7521 — Emission standards for new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines
• § 7522 — Prohibited acts
• § 7523 — Actions to restrain violations
• § 7524 — Civil penalties
• § 7525 — Motor vehicle and motor vehicle engine compliance testing and certification
• § 7541 — Compliance by vehicles and engines in actual use
• § 7542 — Information collection
• § 7543 — State standards
• § 7544 — State grants
• § 7545 — Regulation of fuels
• § 7546 — Renewable fuel
• § 7547 — Nonroad engines and vehicles
• § 7548 — Study of particulate emissions from motor vehicles
• § 7549 — High altitude performance adjustments
• § 7550 — Definitions
• § 7551 — Omitted
• § 7552 — Motor vehicle compliance program fees
• § 7553 — Prohibition on production of engines requiring leaded gasoline
• § 7554 — Urban bus standards
• § 7571 — Establishment of standards
• § 7572 — Enforcement of standards
• § 7573 — State standards and controls
• § 7574 — Definitions
• § 7581 — Definitions
• § 7582 — Requirements applicable to clean-fuel vehicles
• § 7583 — Standards for light-duty clean-fuel vehicles
• § 7584 — Administration and enforcement as per California standards
• § 7585 — Standards for heavy-duty clean-fuel vehicles (GVWR above 8,500 up to 26,000 lbs.)
• § 7586 — Centrally fueled fleets
• § 7587 — Vehicle conversions
• § 7588 — Federal agency fleets
• § 7589 — California pilot test program
• § 7590 — General provisions
• § 7601 — Administration
• § 7602 — Definitions
• § 7603 — Emergency powers
• § 7604 — Citizen suits
• § 7605 — Representation in litigation
• § 7606 — Federal procurement
• § 7607 — Administrative proceedings and judicial review
• § 7608 — Mandatory licensing
• § 7609 — Policy review
• § 7610 — Other authority
• § 7611 — Records and audit
• § 7612 — Economic impact analyses
• § 7613 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–549, title VIII, § 803 , Nov. 15, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2689
• § 7614 — Labor standards
• § 7615 — Separability
• § 7616 — Sewage treatment grants
• § 7617 — Economic impact assessment
• § 7618 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–549, title I, § 108(q) , Nov. 15, 1990 , 104 Stat. 2469
• § 7619 — Air quality monitoring
• § 7620 — Standardized air quality modeling
• § 7621 — Employment effects
• § 7622 — Employee protection
• § 7623 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–300, § 1(c) , July 2, 1980 , 94 Stat. 831
• § 7624 — Cost of vapor recovery equipment
• § 7625 — Vapor recovery for small business marketers of petroleum products
• § 7625–1 — Exemptions for certain territories
• § 7625a — Statutory construction
• § 7626 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7627 — Air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf activities
• § 7628 — Demonstration grant program for local governments
• § 7641 — Noise abatement
• § 7642 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7651 — Findings and purposes
• § 7651a — Definitions
• § 7651b — Sulfur dioxide allowance program for existing and new units
• § 7651c — Phase I sulfur dioxide requirements
• § 7651d — Phase II sulfur dioxide requirements
• § 7651e — Allowances for States with emissions rates at or below 0.80 lbs/mmBtu
• § 7651f — Nitrogen oxides emission reduction program
• § 7651g — Permits and compliance plans
• § 7651h — Repowered sources
• § 7651i — Election for additional sources
• § 7651j — Excess emissions penalty
• § 7651k — Monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements
• § 7651l — General compliance with other provisions
• § 7651m — Enforcement
• § 7651n — Clean coal technology regulatory incentives
• § 7651o — Contingency guarantee, auctions, reserve
• § 7661 — Definitions
• § 7661a — Permit programs
• § 7661b — Permit applications
• § 7661c — Permit requirements and conditions
• § 7661d — Notification to Administrator and contiguous States
• § 7661e — Other authorities
• § 7661f — Small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program
• § 7671 — Definitions
• § 7671a — Listing of class I and class II substances
• § 7671b — Monitoring and reporting requirements
• § 7671c — Phase-out of production and consumption of class I substances
• § 7671d — Phase-out of production and consumption of class II substances
• § 7671e — Accelerated schedule
• § 7671f — Exchange authority
• § 7671g — National recycling and emission reduction program
• § 7671h — Servicing of motor vehicle air conditioners
• § 7671i — Nonessential products containing chlorofluorocarbons
• § 7671j — Labeling
• § 7671k — Safe alternatives policy
• § 7671l — Federal procurement
• § 7671m — Relationship to other laws
• § 7671n — Authority of Administrator
• § 7671o — Transfers among Parties to Montreal Protocol
• § 7671p — International cooperation
• § 7671q — Miscellaneous provisions
• § 7675 — American innovation and manufacturing
• § 7701 — Congressional findings
• § 7702 — Congressional statement of purpose
• § 7703 — Definitions
• § 7704 — National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
• § 7704a — Report on seismic safety property standards
• § 7705, 7705a — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–47, § 4 , Oct. 1, 1997 , 111 Stat. 1164
• § 7705b — Seismic standards
• § 7705c — Acceptance of gifts
• § 7705d — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 203 , Nov. 13, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2305
• § 7705e — Post-earthquake investigations program
• § 7706 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 7707 — Advanced National Seismic System
• § 7708 — Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
• § 7709 — Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee
• § 7801, 7802 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a) , Mar. 22, 1984 , 98 Stat. 101
• § 7811 to 7819 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a) , Mar. 22, 1984 , 98 Stat. 101
• § 7831 to 7835 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a) , Mar. 22, 1984 , 98 Stat. 101
• § 7836 — Transferred
• § 7851 to 7853 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a) , Mar. 22, 1984 , 98 Stat. 101
• § 7871 to 7883 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–242, title I, § 110(a) , Mar. 22, 1984 , 98 Stat. 101
• § 7901 — Congressional findings and purposes
• § 7911 — Definitions
• § 7912 — Processing site designations
• § 7913 — State cooperative agreements
• § 7914 — Acquisition and disposition of lands and materials
• § 7915 — Indian tribe cooperative agreements
• § 7916 — Acquisition of land by Secretary; transfer of public lands by Secretary of the Interior to Secretary; consultations with Governor; consent of Governor; transfer from Federal agency to Secretary
• § 7917 — Financial assistance
• § 7918 — Remedial action and mineral recovery activities
• § 7919 — Rules
• § 7920 — Enforcement
• § 7921 — Public participation; public hearings
• § 7922 — Termination of authority of Secretary
• § 7923 — Limitation of contractual authority
• § 7924 — Reports to Congress
• § 7925 — Active operations; liability for remedial action
• § 7941 — Study of authority for regulation and control of residual radioactive materials at New Mexico sites for protection of public health, safety, and the environment; report to Congress and Secretary; basis for determination of inadequacy of authority; interim regulation pending completion of study
• § 7942 — Designation by Secretary as processing sites for subchapter I purposes
• § 8001 — Congressional findings
• § 8002 — Definitions
• § 8003 — Contracts to provide congregate services programs
• § 8004 — Congregate services program
• § 8005 — Eligibility for services
• § 8006 — Application procedure for assistance
• § 8007 — Evaluation of applications and programs
• § 8008 — Funding procedures
• § 8009 — Miscellaneous provisions
• § 801 — Coronavirus relief fund
• § 8010 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 8011 — Revised congregate housing services program
• § 8012 — Hope for elderly independence
• § 8013 — Supportive housing for persons with disabilities
• § 802 — Coronavirus State fiscal recovery fund
• § 803 — Coronavirus local fiscal recovery fund
• § 804 — Coronavirus capital projects fund
• § 805 — Local assistance and Tribal consistency fund
• § 806 — Rescission of funds declined by States, territories, or other governmental entities
• § 81 to 87 — Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title XIII, § 1313, 58 Stat. 714
• § 8101 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 8102 — Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
• § 8103 — Board of Directors
• § 8104 — Officers and employees
• § 8105 — Powers and duties of corporation
• § 8106 — Reports and audits
• § 8107 — Appropriations
• § 8108 — Warnings to homeowners of foreclosure rescue scams
• § 8121 to 8124 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title III, § 313(a) , Aug. 13, 1981 , 95 Stat. 398
• § 8141 — Congressional findings
• § 8142 — Statement of purpose
• § 8143 — Definitions
• § 8144 — Grants to or contracts with organizations
• § 8145 — Coordination and development of program with other Federal and non-Federal programs
• § 8146 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 8201 — Findings and statement of purposes
• § 8211 to 8229 — Omitted
• § 8231 — Grants for energy conserving improvements; establishment of standards; authorization of appropriations
• § 8232 — Residential energy efficiency standards study
• § 8233 — Weatherization study
• § 8235 — “Residential building” defined
• § 8235a — Approval of plans for prototype residential energy efficiency programs and provision of financial assistance for such programs
• § 8235b — Applications for approval of plans for prototype residential energy efficiency programs
• § 8235c — Approval of applications for plans for prototype residential energy efficiency programs
• § 8235d — Rules and regulations
• § 8235e — Authority of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to exempt application of certain laws
• § 8235f — Application of other laws
• § 8235g — Records and reports
• § 8235h — Revoking approval of plans and terminating financial assistance
• § 8235i — Authorization of appropriations