[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5995 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5995

  To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries 
         that are parties to the International Criminal Court.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

  Mr. Engel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries 
         that are parties to the International Criminal Court.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
              TO PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 2007 of the American Servicemembers' 
Protection Act of 2002 (title II of Public Law 107-206; 22 U.S.C. 7426) 
is hereby repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) applies with 
respect to United States military assistance made available for fiscal 
year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year.

SEC. 2. REPEALS OF LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND ASSISTANCE TO 
              PARTIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.

    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:
            (1) Section 574 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 
        (division D of Public Law 108-447).
            (2) Section 574 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 
        (Public Law 109-102).
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeals made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (a) apply with respect to assistance made available under 
the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' in title II of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2005, and in title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006, respectively, that are 
unobligated and unexpended as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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