Title 42 of the United States Code is the

United States Code The United States Code (formally The Code of Laws of the United States of America) is the official Codification (law), codification of the general and permanent Law of the United States#Federal law, federal statutes of the United States. It ...

dealing with

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

social welfare Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifically to social insurance p ...

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civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and ...

. Parts of Title 42 which formerly related to the US space program have been transferred to Title 51.US Code
42 USC Ch. 26: National Space Program
accessed 7 July 2023

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Public Health Service The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services which manages public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions. The Assistant Se ...

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Sanitation Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems ...

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Quarantine A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals, and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have bee ...

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Leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a Chronic condition, long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the Peripheral nervous system, nerves, respir ...

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Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

* — Viruses, Serums, Toxins, Antitoxins, Etc. * — Maternity and Infancy Welfare and

Hygiene Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases." Personal hygiene refer ...

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Public Health Service Act The Public Health Service Act is a Law of the United States, United States federal law enacted in 1944. The full act is codified in Title 42 of the United States Code (The Public Health and Welfare), Chapter 6A (United States Public Health Servi ...

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Social Security Welfare spending is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specifically to social insurance ...

* — Temporary Unemployment Compensation Program * — Low-Income Housing * — Slum Clearance, Urban Renewal, and Farm Housing * —Public Works or Facilities * — Open-Space Land * —Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense * —

Federal Security Agency The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government established in 1939 pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939. For a time, the agency oversaw food ...

* — Compensation for Disability or Death to Persons Employed at Military, Air, and Naval Bases Outside United States * — Compensation for Injury, Death, or Detention of Employees of Contractors with United States Outside United States * — School Lunch Programs * — Child Nutrition * — Development and Control of Atomic Energy * —

Disaster Relief Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actu ...

* — Reciprocal Fire Protection Agreements * — Air Pollution Control * —

National Science Foundation The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an Independent agencies of the United States government#Examples of independent agencies, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that su ...

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Grants for Support of Scientific Research Grant or Grants may refer to: People * Grant (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Grant (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters ** Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th president of the U ...

* — Contracts for Scientific and Technological Research * — Federal Employment Service * —Youth Medals * — Saline and Salt Waters * — Water Resources Research Program * — Water Resources Planning * —Elective Franchise * —

Civil Rights Commission The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower administration, that is charged with ...

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Civil Rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' political freedom, freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and ...

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Privacy Protection Privacy engineering is an emerging field of engineering which aims to provide methodologies, tools, and techniques to ensure systems provide acceptable levels of privacy. Its focus lies in organizing and assessing methods to identify and tackle priv ...

* — Religious Freedom Restoration * — Protection of Religious Exercise in Land Use and by Institutionalized Persons * —Indian Hospitals and Health Facilities * — Development and Control of Atomic Energy * —Disposal of Atomic Energy Communities * — Federal Flood Insurance * —National Space Program * —

National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-three consortia established in 1988 for the purpose of Space research, outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of th ...

* — Biomedical Research in Space * — Loan Service of Captioned Films and Educational Media for Handicapped * — Area Redevelopment Program * — Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control * — Manpower Development and Training Program * — Public Works Acceleration Program * — Third Party Liability for Hospital and Medical Care * — Community Mental Health Centers * — Economic Opportunity Program * — Programs for Older Americans * — Community Service Employment for Older Americans * — Compensation of Condemnees in Development Programs * — Community Facilities and Advance Land Acquisition * — Public Works and Economic Development * — Solid Waste Disposal * — Soil Information Assistance for Community Planning and Resource Development * — Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Program * — Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation * —

Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the US federal government created to protect the health of the US people and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...

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Department of Housing and Urban Development The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the secretary of housing and u ...

* — Fair Housing * — Justice System Improvement * — Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control * — Guarantees for Financing New Community Land Development * —National Housing Partnerships * — National Flood Insurance * —Design and Construction of Public Buildings to Accommodate Physically Handicapped * —Intergovernmental Cooperation * —Joint Funding Simplification * — Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations * — Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish-Speaking People * — National Environmental Policy * — Environmental Quality Improvement * —Environmental Pollution Study * —

* — National Urban Policy and New Community Development * —Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Program * — Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs * — Intergovernmental Personnel Program * — Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention * — Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction * — Public Service Employment Programs * —

Noise Control Noise control or noise mitigation is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution or to reduce the impact of that noise, whether outdoors or indoors. Overview The main areas of noise mitigation or abatement are: transportation noise control, a ...

* — Domestic Volunteer Services * — Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform * —

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Community Development The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activist ...

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Solar Energy Solar energy is the radiant energy from the Sun's sunlight, light and heat, which can be harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating) and solar architecture. It is a ...

* — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention * —Development of Energy Sources * — Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development * —Programs for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities * —Age Discrimination in Federally Assisted Programs * —

Energy Conservation Energy conservation is the effort to reduce wasteful energy consumption by using fewer energy services. This can be done by using energy more effectively (using less and better sources of energy for continuous service) or changing one's behavi ...

* — National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska * — Science and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities * — Public Works Employment * —Energy Conservation and Resource Renewal * — Solid Waste Disposal * — Energy Extension Service * — Department of Energy * — Air Pollution Prevention and Control * — Earthquake Hazards Reduction * — Water Research and Development * — Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act * — Congregate Housing Services * —Neighborhood and City Reinvestment, Self-Help and Revitalization * — National Energy Conservation Policy * — Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use * — Emergency Energy Conservation * — Low-Income Energy Assistance * — United States Synthetic Fuels Corporation * —Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels * — Acid Precipitation Program and Carbon Dioxide Study * — Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research and Development * —

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a renewable energy technology that harnesses the thermocline, temperature difference between the photic zone, warm surface waters of the ocean and the deep sea, cold depths to run a heat engine to produce ...

* — Wind Energy Systems * : Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering * : Mental Health Systems * : Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability * : Nuclear Safety Research, Development, and Demonstration * : Community Services Programs * : Community Services Block Grant Program * : Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety * : Nuclear Waste Policy * : Water Resources Research * : Membrane Processes Research * : Family Violence Prevention and Services * : Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance * : Victim Compensation and Assistance * :

State Justice Institute The State Justice Institute (SJI) was established by federal law in 1984 to award grants to improve the quality of justice in state courts, and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. SJI awards grants to impro ...

* : Protection And Advocacy For Mentally Ill Individuals * : Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Program * : Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know * : Encouraging Good Faith Professional Review Activities * : Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research * : Homeless Assistance * : Enterprise Zone Development * : International Child Abduction Remedies * : Native Hawaiian Health Care * : Drug Abuse Education and Prevention * : Public Housing Drug Elimination * : Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness * : Equal Opportunity For Individuals With Disabilities * : Coordinated Services For Children, Youth, and Families * : Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Program Act of 1990 * : National and Community Service * : National Affordable Housing * : Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS * : Victims of Child Abuse * : Pollution Prevention * :

Energy Policy Energy policies are the government's strategies and decisions regarding the Energy production, production, Energy distribution, distribution, and World energy supply and consumption, consumption of energy within a specific jurisdiction. Energy ...

* : Residency and Service Requirements in Federally Assisted Housing * : Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement * : Management of Rechargeable Batteries and Batteries Containing Mercury * : Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction * : Volunteer Protection * : Criminal Justice Identification, Information, and Communication * : Jennifer's Law * :

Commercial Space Opportunities and Transportation Services Commercial may refer to: * (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services ** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money * a dose of advertising ...

* : Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness * : Intercountry Adoptions * : Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights * : Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor and Tributes * : Election Administration Improvement * : Prison Rape Elimination * : Windstorm Impact Reduction * : Energy Policy, 2005 * : National Aeronautics and Space Programs, 2005 * : Child Protection and Safety * : Energy Independence and Security

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U.S. Code Title 42
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U.S. Code Title 42
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