---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch163/schIII/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "Preliminary Matters"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch163-schIII-ptA"
sections_count: 1
---

# Part A — Preliminary Matters

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation › Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future

## Sections

- [§18981. Definitions](/usc/42/18981.md)