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16 U.S.C. § 2406

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Notification of travel to Antarctica
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/us/usc/t16/s2406
Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH44
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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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. (Pub. L. 95–541, § 7, Oct. 28, 1978, 92 Stat. 2054.)

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