Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§2804 National spatial data infrastructure

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GEOSPATIAL DATA › § 2804

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require a national system that makes geospatial data from Federal, State, local, tribal, private, and college sources easy to find and combine to better understand the physical and cultural world. The system must cover privacy review (including checking for re‑identification risk), improve data accuracy, allow public access under OMB rules, protect licensed proprietary data, support interoperable federal systems, and help build a global spatial data system using international voluntary standards where security and trade allow. The Committee must keep a strategic plan for building and running the system that fits national security, defense, and emergency plans. The Committee must also advise Federal and non‑Federal users about their responsibilities for using and sharing the data.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §2804

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(a)The National Spatial Data Infrastructure shall ensure that geospatial data from multiple sources (including the covered agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and institutions of higher education) is available and easily integrated to enhance the understanding of the physical and cultural world.

(b)The goals of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure are to—

(1)ensure—

(A)that geospatial data are reviewed prior to disclosure to ensure—

(i)compliance with section 552a of title 5 (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”); and

(ii)that personally identifiable information is not disclosed, which shall include an assessment of re-identification risk when determining what data constitute personally identifiable information;

(B)that geospatial data are designed to enhance the accuracy of statistical information, both in raw form and in derived information products;

(C)free and open access for the public to geospatial data, information, and interpretive products, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–130, or any successor thereto;

(D)the protection of proprietary interests related to licensed information and data; and

(E)the interoperability and sharing capabilities of Federal information systems and data to enable the drawing of resources from covered agencies and partners of covered agencies; and

(2)support and advance the establishment of a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, consistent with national security, national defense, national intelligence, and international trade requirements, including ensuring that covered agencies develop international geospatial data in accordance with international voluntary consensus standards, as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119, or any successor thereto.

(c)The Committee shall prepare and maintain a strategic plan for the development and implementation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure in a manner consistent with national security, national defense, and emergency preparedness program policies regarding data accessibility.

(d)The Committee shall advise Federal and non-Federal users of geospatial data on their responsibilities relating to implementation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Reference

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 2804

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73