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US CodeTitle 42Chapter 163

Chapter 163

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION

Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare

138 sections

Sections

§ 18901

Definitions

Long

§ 18911

Basic energy sciences program

Long

§ 18912

Research security

Long

§ 18921

Definitions

Short

§ 18931

Engineering biology and biometrology

Medium

§ 18932

Greenhouse gas measurement research

Long

§ 18933

Software security and authentication

Medium

§ 18934

Biometrics research and testing

Medium

§ 18935

Dissemination of resources for research institutions

Medium

§ 18936

Neutron scattering

Short

§ 18937

Artificial intelligence

Short

§ 18938

Sustainable chemistry research and education

Very short

§ 18939

Premise plumbing research

Short

§ 18940

Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program

Medium

§ 18951

International standards development

Long

§ 18952

Standards development organization grants

Short

§ 18961

National Supply Chain Database

Long

§ 18971

Expanding opportunities through the Manufacturing USA Program

Short

§ 18972

Promoting domestic production of technologies developed under Manufacturing USA Program

Medium

§ 18981

Definitions

Short

§ 18991

PreK–12 STEM education

Long

§ 18992

Undergraduate STEM education

Long

§ 18993

Graduate STEM education

Very long

§ 18994

STEM workforce data

Medium

§ 18995

Cyber workforce development research and development

Short

§ 18996

Cybersecurity workforce data initiative

Short

§ 18997

Microelectronics workforce development activities

Long

§ 18998

Mandatory cost-sharing

Short

§ 18999

Programs to address the STEM workforce

Medium

§ 19011

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program update

Short

§ 19012

NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative

Short

§ 19013

Broadening participation on major facilities awards

Very short

§ 19014

Expanding geographic and institutional diversity in research

Long

§ 19015

Diversity in tech research

Very short

§ 19016

Chief Diversity Officer of the NSF

Medium

§ 19017

Research and dissemination to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields

Medium

§ 19018

Intramural emerging research institutions pilot program

Short

§ 19031

Office of Research Security and Policy

Medium

§ 19032

Chief of Research Security

Very short

§ 19033

Reporting to Congress

Short

§ 19034

Online resource

Short

§ 19035

Research awards

Very short

§ 19036

Authorities

Very short

§ 19037

Research security and integrity information sharing analysis organization

Medium

§ 19038

Plan with respect to controlled information and background screening

Short

§ 19039

Foundation funding to institutions hosting or supporting Confucius Institutes

Medium

§ 19040

Foreign financial support

Short

§ 19051

Broader impacts

Short

§ 19052

Research ethics

Medium

§ 19053

Research reproducibility and replicability

Medium

§ 19054

Climate change research

Very short

§ 19055

Social, behavioral, and economic sciences

Very short

§ 19056

Measuring impacts of Federally funded research and development

Very short

§ 19057

Food-energy-water research

Short

§ 19058

Biological field stations and marine laboratories

Very short

§ 19059

Sustainable chemistry research and education

Short

§ 19060

Risk and resilience research

Short

§ 19061

Unmanned aircraft systems technologies

Very short

§ 19062

Accelerating unmanned maritime systems technologies

Short

§ 19063

Leveraging international expertise in research

Short

§ 19064

Biological research collections

Short

§ 19065

Clean water research and technology acceleration

Short

§ 19066

Technology and behavioral science research

Short

§ 19067

Critical minerals mining research and development

Long

§ 19068

Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Capabilities Act

Medium

§ 19069

Astronomy and satellite constellations

Short

§ 19070

Research on the impact of inflation

Short

§ 19071

Microgravity utilization policy

Short

§ 19081

Facility operation and maintenance

Short

§ 19082

Reviews

Very short

§ 19083

Helium conservation

Short

§ 19084

Advanced computing

Long

§ 19085

National secure data service

Long

§ 19101

Establishment

Very short

§ 19102

Purposes

Short

§ 19103

Activities

Medium

§ 19104

Requirements

Short

§ 19105

Assistant Director

Medium

§ 19106

Advisory committee

Short

§ 19107

Challenges and focus areas

Long

§ 19108

Regional Innovation Engines

Long

§ 19109

Translation Accelerator

Short

§ 19110

Test beds

Medium

§ 19111

Planning and capacity building awards

Long

§ 19112

Entrepreneurial fellowships

Short

§ 19113

Scholarships and fellowships

Long

§ 19114

Research and development awards

Medium

§ 19115

Scaling innovations in PreK–12 STEM education

Medium

§ 19116

Authorities

Long

§ 19117

Coordination of activities

Short

§ 19118

Ethical, legal, and societal considerations

Very short

§ 19119

Reports and roadmaps

Short

§ 19120

Evaluation

Short

§ 19131

Definitions

Very short

§ 19132

National Engineering Biology Research and Development Initiative

Long

§ 19133

Initiative coordination

Long

§ 19134

Advisory committee on engineering biology research and development

Medium

§ 19135

Agency activities

Long

§ 19136

Rule of construction

Very short

§ 19151

Federal research agency policies for caregivers

Medium

§ 19152

Collection and reporting of data on Federal research awards

Short

§ 19153

Policies for review of Federal research awards

Short

§ 19154

Collection of data on demographics of faculty

Medium

§ 19155

Cultural and institutional barriers to expanding the academic and Federal STEM workforce

Medium

§ 19156

Existing activities

Very short

§ 19157

Merit review

Very short

§ 19158

Definition

Very short

§ 19171

Definition

Very short

§ 19172

National Science Foundation rural STEM activities

Long

§ 19173

Opportunities for online education

Medium

§ 19174

NIST engagement with rural communities

Short

§ 19181

Agency responsibilities

Long

§ 19182

Research at the National Science Foundation

Medium

§ 19183

Capacity-building program for developing universities

Long

§ 19184

Definitions

Short

§ 19191

Findings

Short

§ 19192

Purpose

Very short

§ 19193

Definition

Very short

§ 19194

Research awards

Short

§ 19195

Interagency working group

Long

§ 19211

Early-career research fellowship program

Medium

§ 19221

Strategy and report on the nation’s economic security, science, research, and innovation to support the national security strategy

Long

§ 19222

National research and development strategy for distributed ledger technology

Very long

§ 19231

Requirements for foreign talent recruitment programs

Medium

§ 19232

Malign foreign talent recruitment program prohibition

Medium

§ 19233

Review of contracts and agreements

Medium

§ 19234

Research security training requirement for Federal research award personnel

Medium

§ 19235

Person or entity of concern prohibition

Short

§ 19236

Nondiscrimination

Very short

§ 19237

Definitions

Long

§ 19251

Interagency working group

Medium

§ 19261

Quantum networking and communications

Long

§ 19271

Establishment of blockchain and cryptocurrency specialist position within OSTP

Very short

§ 19281

Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation

Very long

§ 19291

Definitions

Short

§ 19331

Microelectronics research for energy innovation

Very long

§ 19341

Applied laboratories infrastructure restoration and modernization

Medium

§ 19351

Advanced nuclear technologies Federal research, development, and demonstration program

Medium