Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§2406 Notification of Travel to Antarctica
Title 16 › CHAPTER 44 — ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION › § 2406
Summary
Secretary of State must make rules under Article VII(5) to require advance notice of Antarctic expeditions; "U.S. citizen" includes foreigners organizing such U.S.-based trips.
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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
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102