22 U.S.C. § 7427
Authority to free members of the Armed Forces of the United States and certain other persons detained or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 7427, Authority to free members of the Armed Forces of the United States and certain other persons detained or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458358
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The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court.
The authority of subsection (a) shall extend to the following persons:
When any person described in subsection (b) is arrested, detained, investigated, prosecuted, or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court, the President is authorized to direct any agency of the United States Government to provide—
This section does not authorize the payment of bribes or the provision of other such incentives to induce the release of a person described in subsection (b).
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States