§452 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

§452 Pilot charts

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › Chapter CHAPTER 22— - NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEOMATICS PRODUCTS › § 452

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Pilot charts made by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency must show a clear notice saying the charts were created using data from the NGA and the Department of Commerce and were published by the NGA under the Secretary of Defense’s authority. The Secretary of Commerce must quickly give the NGA any meteorological (weather) information the Secretary receives that is needed for and of the kind used to make those pilot charts.

Title 10, §452

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(a)There shall be conspicuously printed on pilot charts prepared in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency the following: “Prepared from data furnished by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency of the Department of Defense and by the Department of Commerce, and published at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under the authority of the Secretary of Defense”.

(b)The Secretary of Commerce shall furnish to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, as quickly as possible, all meteorological information received by the Secretary that is necessary for, and of the character used in, preparing pilot charts.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 279310:7393. The words “Secretary of Defense” and “Defense Mapping Agency” are substituted for “Secretary of the Navy” and “United States Naval Oceanographic Office”, respectively, for consistency with 10:2791. The words “Secretary of Commerce” are substituted for “Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce” to reflect the

Transfer of Functions

from the Weather Bureau to the Secretary of Commerce under Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965 (eff. July 13, 1965, 79 Stat. 1318). The word “quickly” is substituted for “expeditiously” for consistency in title 10.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 452 was renumbered section 482 of this title.

Amendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” wherever appearing. 1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 2793 of this title as this section and substituted “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” for “Defense Mapping Agency” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment 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.