---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch99"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 99"
heading: "Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch99"
sections_count: 31
---

# Chapter 99 — Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§9101. Congressional declaration of policy](/usc/42/9101.md)
- [§9102. Definitions](/usc/42/9102.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Regulation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facilities and Plantships](/usc/42/ch99-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Maritime Financing for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion](/usc/42/ch99-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Enforcement](/usc/42/ch99-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch99-schIV.md)