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[CITE: 10USC457]

 
                         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. 457. Operational files previously maintained by or 
        concerning activities of National Photographic Interpretation 
        Center: authority to withhold from public disclosure
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may withhold from public 
disclosure operational files described in subsection (b) to the same 
extent that operational files may be withheld under section 701 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 431).
    (b) Covered Operational Files.--The authority under subsection (a) 
applies to operational files in the possession of the National Imagery 
and Mapping Agency that--
        (1) as of September 22, 1996, were maintained by the National 
    Photographic Interpretation Center; or
        (2) concern the activities of the Agency that, as of such date, 
    were performed by the National Photographic Interpretation Center.

    (c) Operational Files Defined.--In this section, the term 
``operational files'' has the meaning given that term in section 701(b) 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 431(b)).

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1045(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 762.)
