10 USC 2791: Establishment and duties
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10 USC 2791: Establishment and duties Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENTCHAPTER 167-DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY
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§2791. Establishment and duties

The Defense Mapping Agency is an agency of the Department of Defense. The Defense Mapping Agency shall improve means of navigating vessels of the Navy and the merchant marine by providing, under the authority of the Secretary of Defense, accurate and inexpensive nautical charts, sailing directions, books on navigation, and manuals of instructions for the use of all vessels of the United States and of navigators generally.

(Added Pub. L. 97–295, §1(50)(C), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1299 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
2791 10:7391.

The first sentence is substituted for "There is attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations a United States Naval Oceanographic Office" to reflect the transfer of functions of the Naval Oceanographic Office to the Secretary of Defense by Department of Defense Reorganization Order of March 28, 1972, and the further delegation to the Defense Mapping Agency of the responsibilities assigned the Secretary of Defense under the source provision. The words "Secretary of Defense" are substituted for "Secretary of the Navy" for consistency.