16 U.S.C. § 2406
Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
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
- 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