---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 10343"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "10343"
heading: "Goals of research program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/10343"
units:
  - "Chapter 109A — Membrane Processes Research"
---

# §10343. Goals of research program


The goals of the research program established under [section 10342 of this title](/usc/42/10342.md) shall be—

- (1) the development of membranes resistant to degradation, bacterial or otherwise, thereby extending the life of such membranes;
- (2) the development of membranes useful for the efficient and cost effective [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) of contaminated water; and
- (3) the development of innovative technologies for membrane processes.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–490, § 4, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3142.)