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10 U.S.C. § 2281

Global Positioning System

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 2281, Global Positioning System, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433875
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The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the sustainment of the capabilities of the Global Positioning System (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “GPS”), and the operation of basic GPS services, that are beneficial for the national security interests of the United States. In doing so, the Secretary shall— The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the sustainment and operation of the GPS Standard Positioning Service for peaceful civil, commercial, and scientific uses on a continuous worldwide basis free of direct user fees. In doing so, the Secretary— In this section: The term “basic GPS services” means the following components of the Global Positioning System that are operated and maintained by the Department of Defense:

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