---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch79"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 79"
heading: "Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch79"
sections_count: 33
---

# Chapter 79 — Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — National Science, Engineering, and Technology Policy and Priorities](/usc/42/ch79-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Office of Science and Technology Policy](/usc/42/ch79-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — President’s Committee on Science and Technology](/usc/42/ch79-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology](/usc/42/ch79-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch79-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — National Critical Technologies Panel](/usc/42/ch79-schVI.md)