---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19158"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19158"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19158"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter V — Broadening Participation in Science"
  - "Part A — STEM Opportunities"
---

# §19158. Definition


In this part, the term “[Director](/usc/42/19184.md?p=1)” means the [Director](/usc/42/19184.md?p=1) of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title V, § 10510, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1613.)