---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 18921"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "18921"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/18921"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter II — National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future"
---

# §18921. Definitions


In this subchapter:

- (1) **Director—** The term “Director” means the Director of the National [Institute](#4) of Standards and Technology.
- (2) **Enrollment of needy students—** The term “enrollment of needy students” has the meaning given the term in [section 1058(d) of title 20](/usc/20/1058.md?p=d).
- (3) **Framework—** The term “Framework” means the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity developed by the National [Institute](#4) of Standards and Technology and referred to in Executive Order No. 13800 issued on May 11, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 22391 et seq.).
- (4) **Institute—** The term “Institute” means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- (5) **International standards organization—** The term “international standards organization” has the meaning given such term in [section 2571 of title 19](/usc/19/2571.md).
- (6) **Secretary—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title II, § 10201, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1471.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Executive Order No. 13800, referred to in par. (3), is set out as a note preceding section 1500 of Title 6, Domestic Security.