---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch84/schIX"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IX"
heading: "Effective Date and Interim Appointments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch84-schIX"
sections_count: 2
---

# Subchapter IX — Effective Date and Interim Appointments

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

## Sections

- [§7341. Effective date](/usc/42/7341.md)
- [§7342. Interim appointments](/usc/42/7342.md)