[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6546]
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  SA 3871. Mrs. MOODY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) to 
the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1265. IMPOSING, MAINTAINING, AND ENFORCING SANCTIONS 
                   WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
                   COURT.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Effect of sanctions.--The United States sanctions 
     provided for in Executive Order 14203 (90 Fed. Reg. 9369; 
     relating to imposing sanctions on the International Criminal 
     Court) shall remain in effect, continue to apply, and have 
     the force and effect of law; and
       (2) Imposition of sanctions.--The President shall impose, 
     maintain, and enforce sanctions with respect to a foreign 
     person provided for in Executive Order 14203 (90 Fed. Reg. 
     9369; relating to imposing sanctions on the International 
     Criminal Court).
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The President or the Secretary of State 
     may, on a case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 
     180 days each, waive the application of sanctions imposed or 
     maintained with respect to a foreign person under Executive 
     Order 14203 (90 Fed. Reg. 9369; relating to imposing 
     sanctions on the International Criminal Court) or under 
     subsection (a) if the President or Secretary of State submits 
     to the appropriate congressional committees 15 days before 
     the waiver is to take effect a report that contains a 
     determination that the waiver is vital to the national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (2) Contents.--Each report required by paragraph (1) with 
     respect to a waiver of the application of sanctions imposed 
     or maintained with respect to a foreign person under this 
     section, or the renewal of such a waiver, shall include--
       (A) a specific and detailed rationale for the determination 
     that the waiver is vital to the national security interests 
     of the United States;
       (B) a description of the activity that resulted in the 
     foreign person being subject to sanctions;
       (C) a detailed description and list of actions the United 
     States has taken to stop and seek to facilitate a permanent 
     end to the International Criminal Court engaging in any 
     effort including to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
     all protected persons; and
       (D) a detailed description and list of actions the 
     International Criminal Court has taken to permanently close, 
     withdraw, end, or otherwise terminate any preliminary 
     examination, investigation, or any other effort to 
     investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected 
     persons.
       (3) Form.--A report submitted in accordance with paragraph 
     (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
     a classified annex.
       (c) Definitions.--The terms in this section shall have the 
     same meaning given those terms in Executive Order 14203 (90 
     Fed. Reg. 9369; relating to imposing sanctions on the 
     International Criminal Court).
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