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[CITE: 10USC451]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
             CHAPTER 22--NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING AGENCY
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEODETIC PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 451. Maps, charts, and books

    The Secretary of Defense may--
        (1) have the National Imagery and Mapping Agency prepare maps, 
    charts, and nautical books required in navigation and have those 
    materials published and furnished to navigators; and
        (2) buy the plates and copyrights of existing maps, charts, 
    books on navigation, and sailing directions and instructions.

(Added Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(50)(C), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1299, 
Sec. 2792; renumbered Sec. 451 and amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, 
title XI, Sec. 1112(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2682.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2792..................................  10:7392.
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    In the section, the words ``Secretary of Defense'' and ``Defense 
Mapping Agency'' are substituted for ``Secretary of the Navy'' and 
``United States Naval Oceanographic Office'', respectively, for 
consistency with 10:2791. The words ``under such regulations as he 
prescribes'' are omitted as unnecessary.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 451 was renumbered section 481 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 renumbered section 2792 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``National Imagery and Mapping Agency'' for 
``Defense Mapping Agency'' in par. (1).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 
1124 of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under section 193 of this 
title.
