16 USC § 2463 - Prohibition of Antarctic mineral resource activities
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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s2463"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 2463 - Prohibition of Antarctic mineral resource activities"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "2463"
section_name: "Prohibition of Antarctic mineral resource activities"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "ANTARCTIC MINERAL RESOURCES PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–594, § 4, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2977; Pub. L. 104–227, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 3044.)"
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# § 2463. Prohibition of Antarctic mineral resource activities
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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–594, § 4, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2977; Pub. L. 104–227, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 3044.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1996— 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”.