10 USC 442: Missions

10 USC 442: Missions Text contains those laws in effect on January 8, 2008

From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERSCHAPTER 22-NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCYSUBCHAPTER I-MISSIONS AND AUTHORITY

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§442. Missions

(a) National Security Missions.-(1) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall, in support of the national security objectives of the United States, provide geospatial intelligence consisting of the following:

(A) Imagery.

(B) Imagery intelligence.

(2) Geospatial intelligence provided in carrying out paragraph (1) shall be timely, relevant, and accurate.

(b) Navigation Information.-The National Geospatial-Intelligence 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.

(c) Maps, Charts, Etc.-The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall prepare and distribute maps, charts, books, and geodetic products as authorized under subchapter II of this chapter.

(d) National Missions.-The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also has national missions as specified in section 110(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404e(a)).

(e) Systems.-The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may, in furtherance of a mission of the Agency, design, develop, deploy, operate, and maintain systems related to the processing and dissemination of imagery intelligence and geospatial information that may be transferred to, accepted or used by, or used on behalf of-

(1) the armed forces, including any combatant command, component of a combatant command, joint task force, or tactical unit; or

(2) any other department or agency of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, §1112(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2678 ; amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, §921(c)(1), (d)(2)(A), (f), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1568 , 1570.)

Amendments

2003-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108–136, §921(c)(1)(A), (d)(2)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" and inserted "geospatial intelligence consisting of" after "provide".

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 108–136, §921(c)(1)(B), substituted "Geospatial intelligence" for "Imagery, intelligence, and information".

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 108–136, §921(d)(2)(A), substituted "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency".

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–136, §921(d)(2)(A), (f), substituted "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" and "section 110(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404e(a))" for "section 120(a) of the National Security Act of 1947".

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136, §921(d)(2)(A), substituted "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency" for "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" in introductory provisions.