---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch23/dA/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch23-dA-schI"
sections_count: 29
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy › Division A — Atomic Energy

## Sections

- [§2011. Congressional declaration of policy](/usc/42/2011.md)
- [§2012. Congressional findings](/usc/42/2012.md)
- [§2013. Purpose of chapter](/usc/42/2013.md)
- [§2014. Definitions](/usc/42/2014.md)
- [§2015. Transfer of property](/usc/42/2015.md)
- [§2015a. Cold standby](/usc/42/2015a.md)
- [§2015b. Scholarship and fellowship program](/usc/42/2015b.md)
- [§2015c. Partnership program with institutions of higher education](/usc/42/2015c.md)
- [§2016. Repealed.](/usc/42/2016.md)
- [§2017. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/2017.md)
- [§2017a. Omitted](/usc/42/2017a.md)
- [§2017a–1. Omitted](/usc/42/2017a-1.md)
- [§2017b. Omitted](/usc/42/2017b.md)
- [§2018. Agency jurisdiction](/usc/42/2018.md)
- [§2019. Applicability of Federal Power Act](/usc/42/2019.md)
- [§2020. Licensing of Government agencies](/usc/42/2020.md)
- [§2021. Cooperation with States](/usc/42/2021.md)
- [§2021a. Storage or disposal facility planning](/usc/42/2021a.md)
- [§2021b. Definitions](/usc/42/2021b.md)
- [§2021c. Responsibilities for disposal of low-level radioactive waste](/usc/42/2021c.md)
- [§2021d. Regional compacts for disposal of low-level radioactive waste](/usc/42/2021d.md)
- [§2021e. Limited availability of certain regional disposal facilities during transition and licensing periods](/usc/42/2021e.md)
- [§2021f. Emergency access](/usc/42/2021f.md)
- [§2021g. Responsibilities of Department of Energy](/usc/42/2021g.md)
- [§2021h. Alternative disposal methods](/usc/42/2021h.md)
- [§2021i. Licensing review and approval](/usc/42/2021i.md)
- [§2021j. Radioactive waste below regulatory concern](/usc/42/2021j.md)
- [§2022. Health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings](/usc/42/2022.md)
- [§2023. State authority to regulate radiation below level of regulatory concern of Nuclear Regulatory Commission](/usc/42/2023.md)