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[CITE: 10USC425]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
         CHAPTER 21--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
 
                      SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL MATTERS
 
Sec. 425. Prohibition of unauthorized use of name, initials, or 
        seal: specified intelligence agencies
        
    (a) Prohibition.--Except with the written permission of both the 
Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, no person 
may knowingly use, in connection with any merchandise, retail product, 
impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner 
reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is 
approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Secretary and the Director, any 
of the following (or any colorable imitation thereof):
        (1) The words ``Defense Intelligence Agency'', the initials 
    ``DIA'', or the seal of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
        (2) The words ``National Reconnaissance Office'', the initials 
    ``NRO'', or the seal of the National Reconnaissance Office.
        (3) The words ``National Imagery and Mapping Agency'', the 
    initials ``NIMA'', or the seal of the National Imagery and Mapping 
    Agency.
        (4) The words ``Defense Mapping Agency'', the initials ``DMA'', 
    or the seal of the Defense Mapping Agency.

    (b) Authority To Enjoin Violations.--Whenever it appears to the 
Attorney General that any person is engaged or is about to engage in an 
act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited 
by subsection (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding 
in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. 
Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and 
determination of such action and may, at any time before final 
determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take 
such other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United 
States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the 
action is brought.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 105-107, title V, Sec. 503(a), (b), Nov. 20, 
1997, 111 Stat. 2262.)

                          Codification

    The text of section 202(b) of this title, which was transferred to 
this section by Pub. L. 105-107, Sec. 503(b), was based on Pub. L. 97-
269, title V, Sec. 501(a), Sept. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 1145, Sec. 191; 
renumbered Sec. 201, Pub. L. 99-433, title III, Sec. 301(a)(1), Oct. 1, 
1986, 100 Stat. 1019; renumbered Sec. 202, Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 922(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1453.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 425, added Pub. L. 103-178, title V, Sec. 503(a)(1), 
Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2038, related to disclosure of information about 
personnel at National Reconnaissance Office prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
104-201, div. A, title XI, Secs. 1112(d), 1124, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2683, 2688, effective Oct. 1, 1996. See section 424 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-107, Sec. 503(b), renumbered section 
202(b) of this title as subsec. (b) of this section and inserted 
heading.
