22 USC § 7401 - Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s7401"
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title: "22 USC § 7401 - Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "7401"
section_name: "Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court"
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 705], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–460.)"
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# § 7401. Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court

**(a)** **Prohibition** November 29, 1999

The United States shall not become a party to the International Criminal Court except pursuant to a treaty made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States on or after .

**(b)** **Prohibition on use of funds** November 29, 1999

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated for use by, or for support of, the International Criminal Court unless the United States has become a party to the Court pursuant to a treaty made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States on or after .

**(c)** **International Criminal Court defined** July 17, 1998

In this section, the term “International Criminal Court” means the court established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court on .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title VII, § 705], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–460.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly set out as a note under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002’.”

, , , provided that: