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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 81 — International Criminal Court

§ 7402. Prohibition on extradition or transfer of United States citizens to the International Criminal Court

Statutory text

(a)

Prohibition on extradition

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to extradite a United States citizen to a foreign country that is under an obligation to surrender persons to the International Criminal Court unless that foreign country confirms to the United States that applicable prohibitions on reextradition apply to such surrender or gives other satisfactory assurances to the United States that the country will not extradite or otherwise transfer that citizen to the International Criminal Court.

(b)

Prohibition on consent to extradition by third countries

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be used to provide consent to the extradition or transfer of a United States citizen by a foreign country to a third country that is under an obligation to surrender persons to the International Criminal Court, unless the third country confirms to the United States that applicable prohibitions on reextradition apply to such surrender or gives other satisfactory assurances to the United States that the third country will not extradite or otherwise transfer that citizen to the International Criminal Court.

(c)

Definition

In this section, the term “International Criminal Court” has the meaning given the term in section 7401(c) of this title.

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)(s706) · 113 Stat. 1501

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7402

    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 706], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–461.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 706], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–461.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

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

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 706], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–461.)

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