Sec. 1621. Safety of navigation mission of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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Section 442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— by striking means of navigating vessels of the Navy and the merchant marine and inserting the means for safe navigation ; and by striking and inexpensive nautical charts and all that follows and inserting geospatial information for use by the departments and agencies of the United States, the merchant marine, and navigators generally. ; in subsection (c)— by striking shall prepare and and inserting shall acquire, prepare, and ; by striking charts and inserting safe-for-navigation charts and datasets ; and by striking geodetic and inserting geomatics ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection:
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall assist the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commands, and the military departments in establishing, coordinating, consolidating, and validating mapping, charting, geomatics data, and safety of navigation capability requirements through a formal process governed by the Joint Staff. Consistent with validated requirements, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall provide aeronautical and nautical charts that are safe for navigation, maps, books, datasets, models, and geomatics products. .
Section 451 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking and books and inserting books, and datasets ; in paragraph (1), by striking maps, charts, and nautical books and inserting nautical and aeronautical charts, topographic and geomatics maps, books, models, and datasets ; and by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: acquire (by purchase, lease, license, or barter) all necessary rights, including copyrights and other intellectual property rights, required to prepare, publish, and furnish to navigators the products described in paragraph (1). . The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 451 and inserting the following new item: 451. Maps, charts, books, and datasets. . Section 454 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting geodetic ; and geomatics by striking geodetic and inserting geomatics each place it appears. The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 454 and inserting the following new item: 454. Exchange of mapping, charting, and geomatics data with foreign countries, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions. . Section 455 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting geodetic ; and geomatics by striking geodetic and inserting geomatics each place it appears. The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 455 and inserting the following new item: 455. Maps, charts, and geomatics data: public availability; exceptions. . Section 456 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections
(a)and
(b)and inserting the following: No civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of geospatial information prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. . Section 467 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (4)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting or about after boundaries on ; in subparagraph (A), by striking statistical ; and in subparagraph (B)— by striking geodetic and inserting geomatics ; and by inserting and services after products ; and in paragraph (5), by inserting or about after activities on . The heading of subchapter II of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking and inserting Geodetic . Geomatics The table of subchapters at the beginning of chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the matter relating to subchapter II by striking Geodetic and inserting Geomatics .