### Question
Can you define what GPS Standard Positioning Service means?


### Answer
**GPS Standard Positioning Service** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 2281*:

> the civil and commercial service provided by the basic Global Positioning System as defined in the 1996 Federal Radionavigation Plan (published jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation in July 1997)

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2281*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT > CHAPTER 136-PROVISIONS RELATING TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS**

