§7432 Definitions

Summary

Defines key terms used in this subchapter and in section 7402. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the House Committee on International Relations and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. "Classified national security information" means information classified under Executive Order 12958 or a later executive order. "Covered allied persons" means military members, elected or appointed officials, and others working for NATO countries, major non‑NATO allies (including Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Argentina, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand), or Taiwan, while that government is not a party to the International Criminal Court and wants its people exempt from the Court. "Covered United States persons" means U.S. Armed Forces members, elected or appointed U.S. officials, and others working for the U.S. government while the United States is not a party to the International Criminal Court. "Extradition" and "extradite" mean extradition under chapter 209 of title 18 (including section 3181(b)) and include both extradition and surrender as defined in Article 102 of the Rome Statute. "International Criminal Court" means the court set up by the Rome Statute. "Major non‑NATO ally" means a country so designated under section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k). "Participate in any peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation" means assigning U.S. military into a U.N. military command for chapter VI or VII missions where U.S. forces are under command or control of foreign officers not appointed under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. "Party to the International Criminal Court" means a government that has deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession to the Rome Statute and has not withdrawn under Article 127. "Peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation" means a military operation to keep or restore peace that is authorized by the U.N. Security Council under chapter VI or VII and paid from assessed U.N. member contributions for peace activities. "Rome Statute" means the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adopted on July 17, 1998. "Support" means any kind of assistance, including money, property transfers, services, intelligence sharing, law enforcement cooperation, training or detailing personnel, and arrest or detention of people.