16 USC § 2463
Prohibition of Antarctic mineral resource activities
through Pub. L. 116-344, except Pub. Ls. 116-260 and 116-283
It is unlawful for any person to engage in, finance, or otherwise knowingly provide assistance to any Antarctic mineral resource activity.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–227 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".