Title 42 of the United States Code is the

United States Code In the law of the United States, the Code of Laws of the United States of America (variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC) is the official compilation and codification of the ...

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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 det ...

social welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, 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 specifical ...

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

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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 syste ...

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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 been ...

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Leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria '' Mycobacterium leprae'' or '' Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve d ...

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Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

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Maternity ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...

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Hygiene Hygiene is a series 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 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 ( Public Health Service). Contents The act clearly establ ...

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Social Security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, 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 specifical ...

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Low-Income Housing Subsidized housing is government sponsored economic assistance aimed towards alleviating housing costs and expenses for impoverished people with low to moderate incomes. In the United States, subsidized housing is often called "affordable hous ...

* — 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 a ...

* — 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 or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actual ...

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Air Pollution Control Emission standards are the legal requirements governing air pollutants released into the atmosphere. Emission standards set quantitative limits on the permissible amount of specific air pollutants that may be released from specific sources over ...

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National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...

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Grants for Support of Scientific Research Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (disambiguation) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom *Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama * Grant, Inyo County, ...

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Contracts for Scientific and Technological Research A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to t ...

* — 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 Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility for ...

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

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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. In the US, an acceptable level of privacy is defined in terms of compliance ...

* — 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-two consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states, the District o ...

* — 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 U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans 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 Ur ...

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Fair Housing Housing discrimination in the United States refers to the historical and current barriers, policies, and biases that prevent equitable access to housing. Housing discrimination became more pronounced after the abolition of slavery in 1865, typical ...

* — 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, ...

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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, activists ...

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Solar Energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essen ...

* — 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 energy for continuous service) or changing one's behavior to use less service (f ...

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National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

* — 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) uses the ocean thermal gradient between cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface seawaters to run a heat engine and produce useful work, usually in the form of electricity. OTEC can operate with a very hi ...

* — 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 * : 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 policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contr ...

* : 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 * : 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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Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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