---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch161"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 161"
heading: "Department of Energy Research and Innovation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch161"
sections_count: 23
---

# Chapter 161 — Department of Energy Research and Innovation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§18601. Definitions](/usc/42/18601.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Laboratory Modernization and Technology Transfer](/usc/42/ch161-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Department of Energy Research Coordination](/usc/42/ch161-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Department of Energy Office of Science Policy](/usc/42/ch161-schIII.md)