Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§1862p–8 Cyber-enabled learning for national challenges
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 16— - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1862p–8
Summary
Director must consult agencies, use cyber learning to build, retain STEM workers, and improve labs for national security and competitiveness.
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Title 42, §1862p–8
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The Director shall, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, identify ways to use cyber-enabled learning to create an innovative STEM workforce and to help retrain and retain our existing STEM workforce to address national challenges, including national security and competitiveness, and use technology to enhance or supplement laboratory based learning.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, also known as the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010, and also as part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010, and not as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 111–358, set out as a note under section 6621 of this title, and section 502 of Pub. L. 111–358, set out as a note under section 1862p of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 1862p–8
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73