42 USC § 1866 - Divisions within Foundation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1866"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1866 - Divisions within Foundation"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1866"
section_name: "Divisions within Foundation"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 8, formerly § 7, 64 Stat. 152; renumbered § 8 and amended Pub. L. 90–407, §§ 4, 6, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363, 364.)"
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# § 1866. Divisions within Foundation

There shall be within the Foundation such Divisions as the Director, in consultation with the Board, may from time to time determine.

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**Source Credit**: (May 10, 1950, ch. 171, § 8, formerly § 7, 64 Stat. 152; renumbered § 8 and amended Pub. L. 90–407, §§ 4, 6, July 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 363, 364.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8 of act , which was classified to , was repealed by , , .

### Amendments

1968—, substituted provisions that there be within the Foundation such divisions as the Director, in consultation with the Board, may from time to time determine for provisions that, unless otherwise provided by the Board, there be within the Foundation a Division of Medical Research, a Division of Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, a Division of Biological Sciences, a Division of Scientific Personnel and Education, and such other divisions as the Board deems necessary.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Consolidation of Directorates

, , , directed National Science Foundation to consolidate all Directorates, including Science Education Directorate, under one roof, in present location of central administrative offices, on or before .

### Continuation of Existing Offices, Procedures, and Organization of the National Science Foundation

Amendment by  intended to continue in effect the existing offices, procedures, and organization of the Foundation, see , set out as a note under .