Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73

§2809 Limitation on use of Federal funds

Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GEOSPATIAL DATA › § 2809

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Implementation date: the day that is 5 years after standards for each National Geospatial Data Asset data theme are set. After that date, covered agencies must not spend Federal money to collect, make, buy, keep, or share geospatial data that does not meet those standards, as the Committee decides. They may keep and share noncompliant data only if the data was created before the implementation date. The Committee’s Chair can give a waiver if an agency asks. The agency must ask at least 30 days before the implementation date and explain why, show a plan to meet the standards, and give the date it will be compliant. From when the standards are set until the implementation date, agencies should, as much as possible, follow the standards.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §2809

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(a)In this section, the term “implementation date” means the date that is 5 years after the date on which standards for each National Geospatial Data Asset data theme are established under section 2806 of this title.

(b)Except as provided otherwise in this section, on and after the implementation date, a covered agency may not use Federal funds for the collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, or dissemination of geospatial data that does not comply with the applicable standards established under section 2806 of this title, as determined by the Committee.

(c)On and after the implementation date, a covered agency may use Federal funds to maintain and disseminate geospatial data that does not comply with the applicable standards established under section 2806 of this title if the geospatial data was collected, produced, or acquired by the covered agency before the implementation date.

(d)(1)The Chairperson of the Committee may grant a waiver of the limitation under subsection (b), upon a request from a covered agency submitted in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)A request for a waiver under paragraph (1) shall—

(A)be submitted not later than 30 days before the implementation date;

(B)provide a detailed explanation of the reasons for seeking a waiver;

(C)provide a detailed plan to achieve compliance with the applicable standards established under section 2806 of this title; and

(D)provide the date by which the covered agency shall achieve compliance with the applicable standards established under section 2806 of this title.

(e)During the period beginning on the date on which standards for a National Geospatial Data Asset data theme are established under section 2806 of this title and ending on the implementation date, each covered agency, to the maximum extent practicable, shall collect, produce, acquire, maintain, and disseminate geospatial data within the National Geospatial Data Asset data theme in accordance with the standards.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 2809

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73