war crimes accountability

war crimes accountabilitySec. 7073. (a) Exception for Certain Investigations.—Section 2004(h) of the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7423(h)) is amended—(1) by striking “Agents.—No agent” and inserting the following: “Agents.—“(1) In general.—No agent” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) Exception.—The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to investigative activities that—“(A) relate solely to investigations and prosecutions of foreign persons for crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court related to the Situation in Ukraine; and “(B) are undertaken in concurrence with the Attorney General.” . (b) Exception for Certain Support.—Section 2015 of the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7433) is amended by striking “Nothing” through the end of such section and inserting the following:“(a) Assistance.—Nothing in this title shall prohibit the United States from rendering assistance to international efforts to bring to justice Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosovic, Osama bin Laden, other members of Al Queda, leaders of Islamic Jihad, and other foreign nationals accused of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity, or from rendering assistance to the International Criminal Court to assist with investigations and prosecutions of foreign nationals related to the Situation in Ukraine, including to support victims and witnesses. “(b) Authority.—Assistance made available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be made available notwithstanding section 705 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000 and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7401), except that none of the funds made available pursuant to this subsection may be made available for the purpose of supporting investigations or prosecutions of U.S. servicemembers or other covered United States persons or covered allied persons as such terms are defined in section 2013 of this Act. “(c) Notification.—The Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, of any amounts obligated pursuant to subsection (b) not later than 15 days before such obligation is made.” . (c) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section may be construed to modify the existing roles or authorities of any Federal agency or official.136 STAT. 5093