Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§7425 Prohibition on Direct or Indirect Transfer of Classified National Security Information and Law Enforcement Information to the International Criminal Court

Title 22 › CHAPTER 81 — INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT › SUBCHAPTER II — AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS’ PROTECTION › § 7425

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must create rules by the time the Rome Statute takes effect to stop any transfer of classified national security information and law enforcement information to the International Criminal Court if the transfer would help an investigation, arrest, or prosecution. Those rules must also block sending such classified information through the United Nations or any country that is a party to the Court when the information is known to be tied to an ICC investigation or prosecution, unless that U.N. body or country gives reliable assurances it will not pass the information to the Court. This section does not stop actions that are allowed under section 7427.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §7425

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Not later than the date on which the Rome Statute enters into force, the President shall ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to prevent the transfer of classified national security information and law enforcement information to the International Criminal Court for the purpose of facilitating an investigation, apprehension, or prosecution.
(b)Indirect transfer
The procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be designed to prevent the transfer to the United Nations and to the government of any country that is party to the International Criminal Court of classified national security information and law enforcement information that specifically relates to matters known to be under investigation or prosecution by the International Criminal Court, except to the degree that satisfactory assurances are received from the United Nations or that government, as the case may be, that such information will not be made available to the International Criminal Court for the purpose of facilitating an investigation, apprehension, or prosecution.
(c)Construction
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit any action permitted under section 7427 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 7425

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110