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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 44 — Antarctic Conservation

§ 2406. Notification of travel to Antarctica

Statutory text

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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–541 § 7 · 92 Stat. 2048

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2406

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

    Source evidence

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

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 7. 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 12 UST 794. citizens, paragraph 5 of Article VII of the Treaty pertaining to the filing of advance notifications of expeditions to, and within, Antarctica. “United States citizen.” 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.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

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

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