[Page H1034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 119-23)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, referred to the Committees on Foreign 
Affairs and the Judiciary and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 
(8 U.S.C. 1182 (f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I 
hereby report that I have exercised my authority to declare a national 
emergency in order to halt efforts by the International Criminal Court 
(ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute persons in America 
and our close ally Israel through blatant lawfare. I am enclosing a 
copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
  The ICC has, without basis, asserted jurisdiction over and opened 
investigations into personnel of the United States and certain of its 
allies, including Israel, and has further abused its power by issuing 
baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 
Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant. The ICC has no 
jurisdiction over the United States or Israel, as neither country is 
party to the Rome Statute or a member of the ICC. Neither country has 
ever recognized the ICC's jurisdiction, and both nations are thriving 
democracies with militaries that strictly adhere to the laws of war. 
The ICC's recent actions against Israel and the United States set a 
dangerous precedent, directly endangering current and former United 
States personnel, including active service members of the Armed Forces, 
by exposing them to harassment, abuse, and possible arrest. This malign 
conduct in turn threatens to infringe upon the sovereignty of the 
United States and undermines the critical national security and foreign 
policy work of the United States Government and our allies, including 
Israel.
  Pursuant to the national emergency that I have declared, the United 
States will impose tangible and significant consequences on those 
responsible for the ICC's transgressions, including by blocking 
property and assets, and suspending entry into the United States of ICC 
officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family 
members. I have directed the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, to identify and 
sanction any foreign person found to have, among other things, directly 
assisted in any ICC efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or 
prosecute a protected person without consent of that person's country 
of nationality.
  I have further determined that the unrestricted immigrant and 
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of any covered alien found to 
have participated in any ICC efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or 
prosecute a protected person, as well as immediate family members of 
such aliens, or aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be 
employed by, or acting as an agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to 
the interests of the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, and 
therefore have suspended such immigration except where the Secretary of 
State determines that the entry of the person into the United States 
would not be contrary to the interests of the United States.
  In addition, I have determined that donations of articles specified 
in section 203(b)(2) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose 
assets are blocked, would impair my ability to address the national 
emergency I declared. I have therefore prohibited such donations.

                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, March 5, 2025.

                          ____________________