---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19082"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19082"
heading: "Reviews"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19082"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part F — Research Infrastructure"
---

# §19082. Reviews


The [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall periodically carry out reviews within each of the directorates and divisions to assess the cost and benefits of extending the operations of research facilities that have exceeded their planned operational lifespan.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10372, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1571.)