Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§456 Civil Actions Barred

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 › § 456

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

No one may sue the U.S. government over the content of maps or other geospatial information that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency creates or shares.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §456

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

No civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of geospatial information prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 added text of section and struck out former text which read as follows: “(a) Claims Barred.—No civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of a navigational aid prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. “(b) Navigational Aids Covered.—Subsection (a) applies with respect to a navigational aid in the form of a map, a chart, or a publication and any other form or medium of product or information in which the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency prepares or disseminates navigational aids.” 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 2798 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.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1074(d), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2861, provided that: “section 2798 [now 456] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1994] and shall apply with respect to (1) civil actions brought before such date that are pending adjudication on such date, and (2) civil actions brought on or after such date.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 456

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102