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§2406 Notification of Travel to Antarctica

Title 16 › Chapter 44— ANTARCTIC CONSERVATION › § 2406

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State must make rules needed to carry out paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Treaty about filing advance notices for expeditions to and within Antarctica by United States citizens. For these rules, "United States citizen" also covers any foreign person who organizes in the United States an expedition that will leave the United States for Antarctica.

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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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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60