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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 81 — International Criminal Court

§ 7401. Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court

Statutory text

(a)

Prohibition

The United States shall not become a party to the International Criminal Court except pursuant to a treaty made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States on or after .

(b)

Prohibition on use of funds

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated for use by, or for support of, the International Criminal Court unless the United States has become a party to the Court pursuant to a treaty made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States on or after .

(c)

International Criminal Court defined

In this section, the term “International Criminal Court” means the court established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court on .

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. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

    Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(7)(dA)(tVII)(s705) · 113 Stat. 1501

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7401

    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 705], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–460.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 705], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–460.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly set out as a note under section 262–1 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 107–206, title II, § 2001, , 116 Stat. 899, provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002’.”

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 705], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–460.)

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