---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch163"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 163"
heading: "Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch163"
sections_count: 145
---

# Chapter 163 — Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§18901. Definitions](/usc/42/18901.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Department of Energy Science for the Future](/usc/42/ch163-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future](/usc/42/ch163-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — National Science Foundation for the Future](/usc/42/ch163-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Bioeconomy Research and Development](/usc/42/ch163-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Broadening Participation in Science](/usc/42/ch163-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Science and Technology Provisions](/usc/42/ch163-schVI.md)