§ 457 - Operational files previously maintained by or concerning activities of National Photographic Interpretation Center: authority to withhold from public disclosure

CHAPTER 22— NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY › SUBCHAPTER II— MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEOMATICS PRODUCTS

(a) 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. 3141).

(b) The authority under subsection (a) applies to operational files in the possession of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency that—

(b)(1) as of September 22, 1996, were maintained by the National Photographic Interpretation Center; or

(b)(2) concern the activities of the Agency that, as of such date, were performed by the National Photographic Interpretation Center.

(c) 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. 3141(b)).

Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(8)(A), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3141)” for “(50 U.S.C. 431)”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–291, § 1071(c)(8)(B), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3141(b))” for “(50 U.S.C. 431(b))”.

2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” in introductory provisions.