---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch86"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 86"
heading: "Earthquake Hazards Reduction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch86"
sections_count: 14
---

# Chapter 86 — Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§7701. Congressional findings](/usc/42/7701.md)
- [§7702. Congressional statement of purpose](/usc/42/7702.md)
- [§7703. Definitions](/usc/42/7703.md)
- [§7704. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program](/usc/42/7704.md)
- [§7704a. Report on seismic safety property standards](/usc/42/7704a.md)
- [§7705a. Repealed.](/usc/42/7705a.md)
- [§7705b. Seismic standards](/usc/42/7705b.md)
- [§7705c. Acceptance of gifts](/usc/42/7705c.md)
- [§7705d. Repealed.](/usc/42/7705d.md)
- [§7705e. Post-earthquake investigations program](/usc/42/7705e.md)
- [§7706. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/7706.md)
- [§7707. Advanced National Seismic System](/usc/42/7707.md)
- [§7708. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation](/usc/42/7708.md)
- [§7709. Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee](/usc/42/7709.md)