Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§1862s–4 Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
Title 42 › CHAPTER 16 — NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION › § 1862s–4
Summary
The Foundation must fund and support research tied to the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative. Congress wants the Foundation to work with the Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience (set up by the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science) to use the Foundation’s and other federal science agencies’ data systems to help neuroscientists collect, standardize, manage, and analyze large amounts of brain data.
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Title 42, §1862s–4
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(a)In general
The Foundation shall support research activities related to the interagency Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative.
(b)Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the Foundation should work in conjunction with the Interagency Working Group on Neuroscience established by the National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Science to determine how to use the data infrastructure of the Foundation and other applicable Federal science agencies to help neuroscientists collect, standardize, manage, and analyze the large amounts of data that result from research attempting to understand how the brain functions.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, 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. 114–329, set out as a note under section 1862s of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 1862s–4
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110