Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§453 Sale of Maps, Charts, and Navigational Publications: Prices; Use of Proceeds

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART I — ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS › CHAPTER 22 — NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY › SUBCHAPTER II — MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEOMATICS PRODUCTS › § 453

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense decides the prices and rules for all maps, charts, and other publications that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency sells. Money from those sales can be used to pay any fee a foreign country or international organization charges the NGA for obtaining or using data or products. An "NGA foreign data acquisition fee" means a licensing or other charge by a foreign government or international group for getting or using data or products for the NGA.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §453

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(a)Prices.—
All maps, charts, and other publications offered for sale by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall be sold at prices and under regulations that may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(b)Use of Proceeds To Pay Foreign Licensing Fees.—
(1)The Secretary of Defense may pay any NGA foreign data acquisition fee out of the proceeds of the sale of maps, charts, and other publications of the Agency, and those proceeds are hereby made available for that purpose.
(2)In this subsection, the term “NGA foreign data acquisition fee” means any licensing or other fee imposed by a foreign country or international organization for the acquisition or use of data or products by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 279410:7394. 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 word “prescribed” is substituted for “determined” for consistency in title 10. The last sentence, which provided that money from sales be covered into the Treasury, is omitted because of 31:3302.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(A), substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(B), substituted “NGA” for “NIMA”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(A), (B), substituted “NGA” for “NIMA” and “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”. 1999—Pub. L. 106–65 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “All maps, charts, and other publications offered for sale by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency shall be sold at prices and under

Regulations

that may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.” 1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 2794 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 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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 453

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110