Title 42 of the United States Code
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Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Title 42 of the United States Code canonical | 54 |
| 42 U.S. Code | 1 |
| 42 U.S.C. | 1 |
| 42 U.S.C. § 12101 note | 1 |
| 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-4 | 1 |
| Title 42 | 1 |
| Title 42 of the United States Code (historically) and related provisions | 1 |
| United States Code, Title 42 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T133973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 42 of the United States Code Context triple: [Council on Environmental Quality, legalBasis, Title 42 of the United States Code]
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A.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
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B.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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C.
Title 26 of the United States Code
Title 26 of the United States Code is the federal tax code of the United States, establishing the laws that govern the assessment and collection of federal taxes.
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D.
Title 2 of the United States Code
Title 2 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization and operation of the U.S. Congress and related legislative branch entities.
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E.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 42 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
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A.
Title 46 of the United States Code
Title 46 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing shipping and maritime activities in the United States.
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B.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
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C.
Title 26 of the United States Code
Title 26 of the United States Code is the federal tax code of the United States, establishing the laws that govern the assessment and collection of federal taxes.
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D.
Title 2 of the United States Code
Title 2 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization and operation of the U.S. Congress and related legislative branch entities.
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E.
Title 50 of the United States Code
Title 50 of the United States Code is the portion of U.S. federal statutory law that governs national defense, intelligence, and related aspects of national security.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
federal agencies of the United States
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recipients of federal health and welfare funds ⓘ state and local governments when administering certain federal programs ⓘ |
| citationAbbreviation |
Title 42 of the United States Code
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
42 U.S.C.
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| containsStatutoryFrameworkFor |
Council on Environmental Quality
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Department of Health and Human Services programs ⓘ Environmental Protection Agency programs ⓘ Public Health Service ⓘ Social Security-related programs outside Title 42’s cross-references ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| governs |
civil rights in certain contexts
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disaster relief and emergency assistance ⓘ energy policy in certain sections ⓘ environmental policy ⓘ housing and urban development programs ⓘ public health ⓘ public health emergency authorities ⓘ public welfare ⓘ social welfare programs ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | codified statute ⓘ |
| hasSubject | the public health and welfare ⓘ |
| includes |
Clean Air Act
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surface form:
Clean Air Act codified sections
National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
surface form:
National Environmental Policy Act codified sections
Public Health Service Act ⓘ
surface form:
Public Health Service Act provisions
statutes on Indian health care ⓘ statutes on biomedical research authorities ⓘ statutes on civil rights enforcement in health and welfare programs ⓘ statutes on community development ⓘ statutes on disaster relief and emergency assistance ⓘ statutes on energy conservation programs ⓘ statutes on environmental quality reporting and oversight ⓘ statutes on homelessness assistance ⓘ statutes on low-income energy assistance ⓘ statutes on substance abuse and mental health services ⓘ |
| isUpdatedBy | subsequent public laws enacted by Congress ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
authorization of appropriations for health and welfare programs
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legal citation in court decisions ⓘ regulatory authority for federal agencies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States federal law ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Code ⓘ |
| regulates |
certain environmental review procedures
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federal disaster response mechanisms ⓘ federal public health programs ⓘ federal welfare and assistance programs ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | The Public Health and Welfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Title 42 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 42 of the United States Code is a major body of U.S. federal law that primarily governs public health, welfare, and environmental policy, including the statutory framework for agencies such as the Council on Environmental Quality.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
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hasLegalAuthority
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Title 42 of the United States Code
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