---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19271"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19271"
heading: "Establishment of blockchain and cryptocurrency specialist position within OSTP"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19271"
units:
  - "Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Science and Technology Provisions"
  - "Part F — Blockchain Specialist"
---

# §19271. Establishment of blockchain and cryptocurrency specialist position within OSTP


The [Director](/usc/42/19184.md?p=1) of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish or designate a blockchain and cryptocurrencies advisory specialist position within the Office to coordinate Federal activities and advise the President on matters of research and development relating to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and distributed ledger technologies.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10671, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1688.)