PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2679 "(2) Imagery, intelligence, and information provided in carrying out paragraph (1) shall be timely, relevant, and accurate. "(b) NAVIGATION INFORMATION. — The National Imagery and Mapping Agency shall improve means of navigating vessels of the Navy and the merchant marine by providing, under the authority of the Secretary of Defense, accurate and inexpensive nautical charts, sailing directions, books on navigation, and manuals of instructions for the use of all vessels of the United States and of navigators generally. "(c) MAPS, CHARTS, ETC. — The National Imagery and Mapping Agency shall prepare and distribute maps, charts, books, and geodetic products as authorized under subchapter II of this chapter. "(d) NATIONAL MISSIONS. —The National Imagery and Mapping Agency also has national missions as specified in section 120(a) of the National Security Act of 1947. "(e) SYSTEMS.—The National Imagery and Mapping Agency may, in furtherance of a mission of the Agency, design, develop, deploy, operate, and maintain systems related to the processing and dissemination of imagery intelligence and geospatial information that may be transferred to, accepted or used by, or used on behalf of— "(1) the armed forces, including any combatant command, component of a combatant command, joint task force, or tactical unit; or "(2) any other department or agency of the United States. ^§ 443. Imagery intelligence and geospatial information: support for foreign countries "(a) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. —The Director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency may use appropriated funds available to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency to provide foreign countries with imagery intelligence and geospatial information support. "(b) USE OF FUNDS OTHER THAN APPROPRIATED FUNDS.— The Director may use funds other than appropriated funds to provide foreign countries with imagery intelligence and geospatial information support, notwithstanding provisions of law relating to the expenditure of funds of the United States, except that— "(1) no such funds may be expended, in whole or in part, by or for the benefit of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency for a purpose for which Congress had previously denied funds. "(2) proceeds from the sale of imagery intelligence or geospatial information items may be used only to purchase replacement items similar to the items that are sold; and "(3) the authority provided by this subsection may not be used to acquire items or services for the principal benefit of the United States. "(c) ACCOMMODATION PROCUREMENTS. —The authority under this section may be exercised to conduct accommodation procurements on behalf of foreign countries. "(d) COORDINATION WITH DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTEL- LIGENCE. —The Director of the Agency shall coordinate with the Director of Central Intelligence any action under this section that involves imagery intelligence or intelligence products or involves providing support to an intelligence or security service of a foreign country.
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