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§2406 Notification of travel to Antarctica

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION › § 2406

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

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Secretary of State must make rules to implement paragraph 5 of Article VII on advance notice for Antarctic expeditions. "United States citizen" also includes foreign organizers in the U.S.

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Title 16, §2406

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The Secretary of State shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to implement, with respect to United States citizens, paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Treaty pertaining to the filing of advance notifications of expeditions to, and within, Antarctica. For purposes of this section, the term “United States citizen” shall include any foreign person who organizes within the United States any expedition which will proceed to Antarctica from the United States.

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16 U.S.C. § 2406

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73