---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7381g"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7381g"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7381g"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter XIII — Department of Energy Science Education Programs"
  - "Part B — Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Programs"
---

# §7381g. Definitions


In this part:

- (1) **Director—** The term “Director” means the Director of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education.
- (2) **National Laboratory—** The term “National Laboratory” has the meaning given the term in [section 15801 of this title](/usc/42/15801.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–510, div. C, title XXXI, § 3170, as added Pub. L. 110–69, title V, § 5003(d)(3), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 603.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Consultation

Pub. L. 110–69, title V, § 5003(b), Aug. 9, 2007, 121 Stat. 602, provided that: “The Secretary [of Energy] shall— consult with the Secretary of Education and the Director of the National Science Foundation regarding activities authorized under subpart B of the Department of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act [this part] (as added by subsection (d)(3)) to improve science and mathematics education; and otherwise make available to the Secretary of Education reports associated with programs authorized under that section.”