(a)
(A) Imagery.
(B) Imagery intelligence.
(C) Geospatial information.
(2)
(A) As directed by the Director of National Intelligence, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall develop a system to facilitate the analysis, dissemination, and incorporation of likenesses, videos, and presentations produced by ground-based platforms, including handheld or clandestine photography taken by or on behalf of human intelligence collection organizations or available as open-source information, into the National System for Geospatial Intelligence.
(B) The authority provided by this paragraph does not include authority for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to manage tasking of handheld or clandestine photography taken by or on behalf of human intelligence collection organizations.
(3) Geospatial intelligence provided in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be timely, relevant, and accurate.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(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.
(f)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, §1621(a)(1), substituted "the means for safe navigation" for "means of navigating vessels of the Navy and the merchant marine" and "geospatial information for use by the departments and agencies of the United States, the merchant marine, and navigators generally." for "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."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, §1621(a)(2), substituted "shall acquire, prepare, and" for "shall prepare and", "safe-for-navigation charts and datasets" for "charts", and "geomatics" for "geodetic".
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 116–283, §1621(a)(3), added subsec. (f).
2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted "(50 U.S.C. 3045(a))" for "(50 U.S.C. 404e(a))".
2010—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–259, §432(2), added par. (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 111–259, §432(1), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (3) and substituted "paragraphs (1) and (2)" for "paragraph (1)".
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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1124 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 193 of this title.