10 USC § 456 - Civil actions barred

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title: "10 USC § 456 - Civil actions barred"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "456"
section_name: "Civil actions barred"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MAPS, CHARTS, AND GEOMATICS PRODUCTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1074(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2861, § 2798; renumbered § 456 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, § 1112(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2682; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(2)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1568; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4053.)"
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# § 456. Civil actions barred

No civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of geospatial information prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1074(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2861, § 2798; renumbered § 456 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XI, § 1112(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2682; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title IX, § 921(d)(2)(A), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1568; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4053.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— added text of section and struck out former text which read as follows:

“(a) .—No civil action may be brought against the United States on the basis of the content of a navigational aid prepared or disseminated by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

“(b) .—Subsection (a) applies with respect to a navigational aid in the form of a map, a chart, or a publication and any other form or medium of product or information in which the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency prepares or disseminates navigational aids.”

2003— substituted “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency” for “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” wherever appearing.

1996— renumbered  as this section and substituted “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” for “Defense Mapping Agency” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

> “Section 2798 [now 456] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [
> 
> ] and shall apply with respect to (1) civil actions brought before such date that are pending adjudication on such date, and (2) civil actions brought on or after such date.”

, , , provided that: