16 U.S.C. § 2406

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 2406 - Notification of travel to Antarctica

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.

16 U.S.C. § 2406

Pub. L. 95-541, §7, Oct. 28, 1978, 92 Stat. 2054.
Antarctica
the term "Antarctica" means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude;
Secretary
the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce;
Treaty
the term "Treaty" means the Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on December 1, 1959;
United States
the term "United States" means the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and