US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 453

Sale of maps, charts, and navigational publications: prices; use of proceeds

(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.

Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(50)(C)96 Stat. 1299Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, § 1112(b)110 Stat. 2682Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1010(a)113 Stat. 739Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(2)(A)117 Stat. 1568(Added , , , § 2794; renumbered § 453 and amended , , ; , , ; , (B), , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

2794

10:7394.

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

Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(A)2003—Subsec. (a). , substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”.

Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(B)Subsec. (b)(1). , substituted “NGA” for “NIMA”.

Pub. L. 108–136, § 921(d)(2)(A)Subsec. (b)(2). , (B), substituted “NGA” for “NIMA” and “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency”.

Pub. L. 106–651999— 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.”

Pub. L. 104–201section 2794 of this title1996— renumbered as this section and substituted “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” for “Defense Mapping Agency”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–201section 1124 of Pub. L. 104–201section 193 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .