Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§454 Exchange of Mapping, Charting, and Geomatics Data with Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Academic Institutions
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 › § 454
Summary
The Secretary of Defense can let the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency share mapping data, supplies, and services with foreign governments or international groups, and with NGOs or universities for areas outside the United States, under agreements.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §454
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—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 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
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 454
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110