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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 · Sec. 309

Sec. 309. STANDARDS FOR SPELLING OF FOREIGN NAMES AND PLACES AND FOR USE OF GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES

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## SEC. 309 STANDARDS FOR SPELLING OF FOREIGN NAMES AND PLACES AND FOR USE OF GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES **[**[50 U.S.C. 3024](/us/usc/t50/s3024) nt**]** ###
(a)Survey of Current Standards ####
(1)Survey The Director of Central Intelligence shall carry out a survey of current standards for the spelling of foreign names and places, and the use of geographic coordinates for such places, among the elements of the intelligence community. ####
(2)Report Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the survey carried out under paragraph (1). The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###
(b)Guidelines ####
(1)Issuance Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidelines to ensure the use of uniform spelling of foreign names and places and the uniform use of geographic coordinates for such places. The guidelines shall apply to all intelligence reports, intelligence products, and intelligence databases prepared and utilized by the elements of the intelligence community. ####
(2)Basis The guidelines under paragraph
(1)shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be based on current United States Government standards for the transliteration of foreign names, standards for foreign place names developed by the Board on Geographic Names, and a standard set of geographic coordinates. ####
(3)Submittal to congress The Director shall submit a copy of the guidelines to the congressional intelligence committees. ###
(c)Congressional Intelligence Committees Defined In this section, the term “**congressional intelligence committees**” means the following: ####
(1)The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. ####
(2)The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. * * * * * * *
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