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Title 10 - ARMED FORCESSubtitle A - GENERAL MILITARY LAWPart I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERSChapter 22 - NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Subchapter II - MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEOMATICS PRODUCTS
Section 454 - Exchange of mapping, charting, and geomatics data with foreign countries, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions

10 U.S.C. § 454

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Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]
Section 454 - Exchange of mapping, charting, and geomatics data with foreign countries, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions
(a) FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.-The Secretary of Defense may authorize the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to exchange or furnish mapping, charting, and geomatics data, supplies and services to a foreign country or international organization pursuant to an agreement for the production or exchange of such data.
(b) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.-The Secretary may authorize the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to exchange or furnish mapping, charting, and geomatics data, supplies, and services relating to areas outside of the United States to a nongovernmental organization or an academic institution engaged in geospatial information research or production of such areas pursuant to an agreement for the production or exchange of such data.

10 U.S.C. § 454

Added Pub. L. 99-569, title VI, §601(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3202, §2795; renumbered §454 and amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XI, §1112(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2682; Pub. L. 108-136, div. A, title IX, §921(d)(2)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1568; Pub. L. 112-81, div. A, title IX, §923(a), (b) (1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1539; Pub. L. 116-283, div. A, title XVI, §1621(c)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4053.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2021- Pub. L. 116-283 substituted "geomatics" for "geodetic" in section catchline and in two places in text.2011- Pub. L. 112-81, §923(b)(1), amended section catchline generally, substituting "Exchange of mapping, charting, and geodetic data with foreign countries, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions" for "Exchange of mapping, charting, and geodetic data with foreign countries and international organizations". Pub. L. 112-81, §923(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).2003- Pub. L. 108-136 substituted "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency".1996- Pub. L. 104-201 renumbered section 2795 of this title as this section and substituted "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" for "Defense Mapping Agency".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1124 of Pub. L. 104-201 set out as a note under section 193 of this title.

geospatial information
The term "geospatial information" means information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on or about the earth and includes-(A) data and information derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies; and(B) mapping, charting, geomatics data, and related products and services.
supplies
The term "supplies" includes material, equipment, and stores of all kinds.