---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1862j"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1862j"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1862j"
units:
  - "Chapter 16 — National Science Foundation"
---

# §1862j. Authorization of appropriations


There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) for carrying out sections [2](/usc/42/2.md) through [4](/usc/42/4.md) $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–476, § 5, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2301; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10312(f)(3), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1522.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 2 through 4, referred to in text, is sections 2 to 4 of Pub. L. 102–476, which enacted sections 1862h and 1862i of this title and amended section 1862 of this title, respectively.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–167 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section authorized appropriations for carrying out sections 1862h to 1862j of this title for fiscal years 1992 and 1993.