[House Document 117-27]
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TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURT
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A NOTIFICATION OF THE TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13928, WITH RESPECT TO SANCTIONS AGAINST CERTAIN
PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC),
PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91
STAT. 1627)
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April 5, 2021.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs
and the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
19-011 WASHINGTON : 2021
The White House,
Washington, April 2, 2021.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: Consistent with subsection 204(b) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C.
1703(b), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order
that terminates the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13928 of June 11, 2020, and revokes that Executive Order.
The President issued Executive Order 13928 to block
property of certain persons associated with the International
Criminal Court. In Executive Order 13928, the President
authorized the imposition of sanctions against certain persons
associated with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
I have determined that, although the United States
continues to object to the ICC's assertions of jurisdiction
over personnel of such non-States Parties as the United States
and its allies absent their consent or referral by the United
Nations Security Council and will vigorously protect current
and former United States personnel from any attempts to
exercise such jurisdiction, the threat and imposition of
financial sanctions against the Court, its personnel, and those
who assist it are not an effective or appropriate strategy for
addressing the United States' concerns with the ICC. For this
reason I have determined that it is necessary to terminate the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13928 and that
there is no further need for the blocking of assets and other
sanctions measures imposed by Executive Order 13928.
Accordingly, I revoke Executive Order 13928.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Executive Order
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Termination of Emergency With Respect to 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.), 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, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of
America, find that, although the United States continues to
object to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) assertions
of jurisdiction over personnel of such non-States Parties as
the United States and its allies absent their consent or
referral by the United Nations Security Council and will
vigorously protect current and former United States personnel
from any attempts to exercise such jurisdiction, the threat and
imposition of financial sanctions against the Court, its
personnel, and those who assist it are not an effective or
appropriate strategy for addressing the United States' concerns
with the ICC.
Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13928 of June 11, 2020 (Blocking
Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International
Criminal Court), and revoke that order, and further order:
Section 1. In light of the revocation of Executive Order
13928, the suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants
of individuals meeting the criteria set forth in section 1(a)
of that order will no longer be in effect as of the date of
this order and such individuals will no longer be treated as
persons covered by Presidential 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).
Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 202(a) of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
1622(a)), termination of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13928 shall not affect any action taken or
proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined as of
the date of this order, any action or proceeding based on any
act committed prior to the date of this order, or any rights or
duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to
the date of this order.
Sec. 3. (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.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, April 1, 2021.
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