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other senior elected and appointed officials of the 
United States Government may be prosecuted by the 
International Criminal Court.’’. 
(5) The ICC’s actions against Israel, including 
the preliminary examination and investigation of 
Israel and issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli 
officials, are illegitimate and baseless and create a 
damaging precedent that threatens the United 
States, Israel, and all United States partners who 
have not consented to the ICC’s jurisdiction. 
(6) The United States must oppose any action 
by the ICC against the United States, Israel, or any 
other ally of the United States that has not con-
sented to ICC jurisdiction or is not a state party to 
the Rome Statute of the ICC. 
SEC. 
3. 
SANCTIONS 
WITH 
RESPECT 
TO 
THE 
INTER-
NATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis 
thereafter, if the International Criminal Court is engaging 
in any attempt to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
any protected person, the President shall impose— 
(1) the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
with respect to any foreign person the President de-
termines— 
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(A) has directly engaged in or otherwise 
aided any effort by the International Criminal 
Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
a protected person; 
(B) has materially assisted, sponsored, or 
provided financial, material, or technological 
support for, or goods or services to or in sup-
port of any effort by the International Criminal 
Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 
a protected person; or 
(C) is owned or controlled by, or is cur-
rently acting or purports to have acted, directly 
or indirectly, for or on behalf of any person 
that directly engages in any effort by the Inter-
national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, 
detain, or prosecute a protected person; and 
(2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 
with respect to the immediate family members of 
each foreign person who is subject to sanctions pur-
suant to paragraph (1). 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 
described in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) PROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 
exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter-
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national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-
terests in property of any foreign person described 
in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
(2) ALIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMIS-
SION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR
PAROLE.—In 
the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 
the alien is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The visa or other 
entry documentation of an alien described 
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in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-
gardless of when such visa or other entry 
documentation was issued. 
(ii) IMMEDIATE
EFFECT.—A revoca-
tion under clause (i) shall— 
(I) take effect immediately; and 
(II) automatically cancel any 
other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-
tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 
order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
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(d) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 10 
days after any imposition of sanctions pursuant to sub-
section (a), the President shall brief and provide written 
notification to the appropriate congressional committees 
regarding the imposition of sanctions that shall include— 
(1) a description of the foreign person or per-
sons subject to the imposition of such sanctions, in-
cluding the foreign person’s role at or relation to the 
International Criminal Court; 
(2) a description of any activity undertaken by 
such foreign person or persons in support of efforts 
to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-
tected person; and 
(3) the specific sanctions imposed on such for-
eign person or persons. 
(e) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may, on a 
case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 90 
days each, waive the application of sanctions im-
posed or maintained with respect to a foreign person 
under this section if the President submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees before the 
waiver is to take effect a report that contains a de-
termination of the President that the waiver is vital 
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to the national security interests of the United 
States. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (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 na-
tional security interests of the United States; 
(B) a description of the activity that re-
sulted in the foreign person being subject to 
sanctions; 
(C) a detailed description and list of ac-
tions the United States has taken to stop the 
International Criminal Court from engaging in 
any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or pros-
ecute all protected persons; and 
(D) a detailed description and list of ac-
tions the International Criminal Court has 
taken to permanently close, withdraw, end, or 
otherwise terminate any preliminary examina-
tion, investigation, or any other effort to inves-
tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected 
persons. 
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