Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§2804 National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Title 43 › Chapter 46— GEOSPATIAL DATA › § 2804

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a National Spatial Data Infrastructure that makes maps and location data from many sources easy to find and combine. It must protect privacy, keep personally identifiable information from being exposed (including checking the risk that people could be re-identified), and follow section 552a of title 5 (the Privacy Act of 1974). The program must also make data useful for accurate statistics, give the public free and open access consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–130, protect licensed or proprietary data, and make federal systems work together so agencies and partners can share resources. It must support a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure while protecting national security, defense, intelligence, and trade, and follow international voluntary consensus standards (OMB Circular A–119). A Committee must keep a strategic plan for this work and advise federal and nonfederal users about their duties.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §2804

Public Lands — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60