---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19104"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19104"
heading: "Requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19104"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future"
  - "Part G — Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships"
---

# §19104. Requirements


In carrying out the activities under the Directorate, the [Director](/usc/42/18921.md?p=1) shall ensure the programmatic work of the Directorate and [Foundation](/usc/42/18901.md?p=11)—

- (1) utilizes the full potential of the United States workforce by avoiding undue geographic concentration of research and development and education funding across the United States, and encourages broader participation in the key technology focus area workforce by populations historically underrepresented in [STEM](/usc/42/18901.md?p=27); and
- (2) incorporates a worker perspective through participation by [labor organizations](/usc/42/18901.md?p=15) and workforce training organizations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title III, § 10384, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1577.)