---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 2804"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "2804"
heading: "National spatial data infrastructure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/2804"
units:
  - "Chapter 46 — Geospatial Data"
---

# §2804. National spatial data infrastructure

- (a) **In general—** The [National Spatial Data Infrastructure](/usc/43/2801.md?p=13) shall ensure that [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5) from multiple sources (including the [covered agencies](/usc/43/2801.md?p=3), [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8), local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and institutions of higher education) is available and easily integrated to enhance the understanding of the physical and cultural world.
- (b) **Goals—** The goals of the [National Spatial Data Infrastructure](/usc/43/2801.md?p=13) are to—
  - (1) ensure—
    - (A) that [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5) are reviewed prior to disclosure to ensure—
      - (i) compliance with [section 552a of title 5](/usc/5/552a.md) (commonly known as the “Privacy Act of 1974”); and
      - (ii) that personally identifiable information is not disclosed, which shall include an assessment of re-identification risk when determining what data constitute personally identifiable information;
    - (B) that [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5) are designed to enhance the accuracy of statistical information, both in raw form and in derived information products;
    - (C) free and open access for the public to [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5), information, and interpretive products, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A–130, or any successor thereto;
    - (D) the protection of proprietary interests related to licensed information and data; and
    - (E) the interoperability and sharing capabilities of Federal information systems and data to enable the drawing of resources from [covered agencies](/usc/43/2801.md?p=3) and partners of [covered agencies](/usc/43/2801.md?p=3); and
  - (2) support and advance the establishment of a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, consistent with national security, national defense, national intelligence, and international trade requirements, including ensuring that [covered agencies](/usc/43/2801.md?p=3) develop international [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5) in accordance with international voluntary consensus standards, as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119, or any successor thereto.
- (c) **Strategic plan—** The [Committee](/usc/43/2801.md?p=2) shall prepare and maintain a strategic plan for the development and implementation of the [National Spatial Data Infrastructure](/usc/43/2801.md?p=13) in a manner consistent with national security, national defense, and emergency preparedness program policies regarding data accessibility.
- (d) **Advisory role—** The [Committee](/usc/43/2801.md?p=2) shall advise Federal and non-Federal users of [geospatial data](/usc/43/2801.md?p=5) on their responsibilities relating to implementation of the [National Spatial Data Infrastructure](/usc/43/2801.md?p=13).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title VII, § 755, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3420.)