Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§2463 Prohibition of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities
Title 16 › CHAPTER 44B — ANTARCTIC MINERAL RESOURCES PROTECTION › § 2463
Summary
No one may support Antarctic mineral activities.
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Title 16, §2463
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It is unlawful for any person to engage in, finance, or otherwise knowingly provide assistance to any Antarctic mineral resource activity.
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1996—Pub. L. 104–227 substituted “It” for “Pending a new agreement among the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties in force for the United States, to which the Senate has given advice and consent or which is authorized by further legislation by the Congress, which provides an indefinite ban on Antarctic mineral resource activities, it”.
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16 U.S.C. § 2463
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102