[House Document 116-134]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-134
 
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
                             CRIMINAL COURT

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               THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
               
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AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH 
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC 
LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 50 U.S.C. 1621(a); PUBLIC 
                LAW 94-412, SEC. 201(a); (90 STAT. 1255)









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 June 18, 2020.--Referred jointly to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
              and the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed 


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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, June 11, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), I hereby 
report I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') that 
declares a national emergency with respect to the attempts by 
the International Criminal Court (ICC) to assert authority over 
United States personnel without the consent of the United 
States, and over personnel of countries that are allies of the 
United States without these governments' consent.
    The order blocks the property and interests in property of 
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Attorney General:
           To have directly engaged in any effort by 
        the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
        any United States personnel without the consent of the 
        United States;
           To have directly engaged in any effort by 
        the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
        any personnel of a country that is an ally of the 
        United States without the consent of that country's 
        government;
           To have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support 
        for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
        activity described in subsection (a)(i)(A) or (a)(i)(B) 
        of the order or any person whose property and interests 
        in property are blocked pursuant to the order; and
           To be owned or controlled by, or to have 
        acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly 
        or indirectly, any person whose property and interests 
        in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
    Under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), the order also suspends the 
unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United 
States of aliens, and their immediate family members, and 
persons designated by the Secretary of State to be employed by, 
or acting as an agent of, the ICC.
    I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, the authority to take 
such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, to 
employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be 
necessary to implement the order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump. 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

                            Executive Order

Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International 
                             Criminal Court

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 
of title 3, United States Code,
    I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of 
America, find that the situation with respect to the 
International Criminal Court (ICC) and its illegitimate 
assertions of jurisdiction over personnel of the United States 
and certain of its allies, including the ICC Prosecutor's 
investigation into actions allegedly committed by United States 
military, intelligence, and other personnel in or relating to 
Afghanistan, threatens to subject current and former United 
States Government and allied officials to harassment, abuse, 
and possible arrest. These actions on the part of the ICC, in 
turn, threaten to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United 
States and impede the critical national security and foreign 
policy work of United States Government and allied officials, 
and thereby threaten the national security and foreign policy 
of the United States. The United States is not a party to the 
Rome Statute, has never accepted ICC jurisdiction over its 
personnel, and has consistently rejected ICC assertions of 
jurisdiction over United States personnel. Furthermore, in 
2002, the United States Congress enacted the American Service 
Members' Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) which rejected 
the ICC's overbroad, non-consensual assertions of jurisdiction. 
The United States remains committed to accountability and to 
the peaceful cultivation of international order, but the ICC 
and parties to the Rome Statute must respect the decisions of 
the United States and other countries not to subject their 
personnel to the ICC's jurisdiction, consistent with their 
respective sovereign prerogatives. The United States seeks to 
impose tangible and significant consequences on those 
responsible for the ICC's transgressions, which may include the 
suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, 
employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family 
members. The entry of such aliens into the United States would 
be detrimental to the interests of the United States and 
denying them entry will further demonstrate the resolve of the 
United States in opposing the ICC's overreach by seeking to 
exercise jurisdiction over personnel of the United States and 
our allies, as well as personnel of countries that are not 
parties to the Rome Statute or have not otherwise consented to 
ICC jurisdiction.
    I therefore determine that any attempt by the ICC to 
investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any United States 
personnel without the consent of the United States, or of 
personnel of countries that are United States allies and who 
are not parties to the Rome Statute or have not otherwise 
consented to ICC jurisdiction, constitutes an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national 
emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby determine and 
order:
    Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that 
are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person, of the following persons 
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
          (i) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of 
        State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
        Treasury and the Attorney General:
                  (A) to have directly engaged in any effort by 
                the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or 
                prosecute any United States personnel without 
                the consent of the United States;
                  (B) to have directly engaged in any effort by 
                the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or 
                prosecute any personnel of a country that is an 
                ally of the United States without the consent 
                of that country's government;
                  (C) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 
                or provided financial, material, or 
                technological support for, or goods or services 
                to or in support of, any activity described in 
                subsection (a)(i)(A) or (a)(i)(B) of this 
                section or any person whose property and 
                interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
                this order; or
                  (D) to be owned or controlled by, or to have 
                acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, 
                directly or indirectly, any person whose 
                property and interests in property are blocked 
                pursuant to this order.
    (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section 
apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in 
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued 
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract 
entered into or any license or permit granted before the date 
of this order.
    Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of 
the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to section 1(a) of this order would seriously impair my ability 
to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and 
I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1(a) of 
this order.
    Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1(a) of this order 
include:
    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to section 1(a) of this order; and
    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services from any such person.
    Sec. 4. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry 
into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more 
of the criteria in section 1(a) of this order, as well as 
immediate family members of such aliens, or aliens determined 
by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting as an 
agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to the interests of the 
United States, and the entry of such persons into the United 
States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, 
except where the Secretary of State determines that the entry 
of the person into the United States would not be contrary to 
the interests of the United States, including when the 
Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation of the 
Attorney General, that the person's entry would further 
important United States law enforcement objectives. In 
exercising this responsibility, the Secretary of State shall 
consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related 
to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the 
Secretary of Homeland Security. Such persons shall be treated 
as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 
24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United 
Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The Secretary of 
State shall have the responsibility for implementing this 
section pursuant to such conditions and procedures as the 
Secretary has established or may establish pursuant to 
Proclamation 8693.
    Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the 
purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or 
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this 
order is prohibited.
    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 6. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions 
for the conduct of the official business of the Federal 
Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
    Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a government or 
instrumentality of such government, partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization, including an international organization;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person 
in the United States;
    (d) the term ``United States personnel'' means any current 
or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, any 
current or former elected or appointed official of the United 
States Government, and any other person currently or formerly 
employed by or working on behalf of the United States 
Government;
    (e) the term ``personnel of a country that is an ally of 
the United States'' means any current or former military 
personnel, current or former elected or appointed official, or 
other person currently or formerly employed by or working on 
behalf of a government of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) member country or a ``major non-NATO ally'', as that 
term is defined by section 2013(7) of the American Service-
Members' Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)); and
    (f) the term ``immediate family member'' means spouses and 
children.
    Sec. 8. For those persons whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a 
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that 
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets 
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be 
taken pursuant to section 1 of this order would render those 
measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these 
measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency 
declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a 
listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this 
order.
    Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such 
actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to 
employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to 
implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, 
consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these 
functions within the Department of the Treasury. All 
departments and agencies of the United States shall take all 
appropriate measures within their authority to implement this 
order.
    Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit 
recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national 
emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 
40l(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 164l(c)) and section 204(c) of 
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    Sec. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
impair or otherwise affect:
          (i) the authority granted by law to an executive 
        department or agency, or the head thereof; or
          (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget relating to budgetary, 
        administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
applicable law and subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law 
or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
agents, or any other person.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, June 11, 2020.

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