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PUBLIC LAW 107-206—AUG. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 901 SEC. 2003. WAIVER AND TERMINATION OF PROfflBITIONS OF THIS 22 USC 7422. TITLE. (a) AUTHORITY TO INITIALLY WAIVE SECTIONS 5 AND 7.— The President is authorized to waive the prohibitions and requirements of sections 2005 and 2007 for a single period of 1 year. A waiver under this subsection may be issued only if the President at least 15 days in advance of exercising such authority— (1) notifies the appropriate congressional committees of the intention to exercise such authority; and (2) determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the International Criminal Court has entered into a binding agreement that— (A) prohibits the International Criminal Court from seeking to exercise jurisdiction over the following persons with respect to actions undertaken by them in an official capacity: (i) covered United States persons; (ii) covered allied persons; and (iii) individuals who were covered United States persons or covered allied persons; and (B) ensures that no person described in subparagraph (A) will be arrested, detained, prosecuted, or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court. (b) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND WAIVER OF SECTIONS 5 AND 7.— The President is authorized to waive the prohibitions and requirements of sections 2005 and 2007 for successive periods of 1 year each upon the expiration of a previous waiver pursuant to subsection (a) or this subsection. A waiver under this subsection may be issued only if the President at least 15 days in advance of exercising such authority— (1) notifies the appropriate congressional committees of the intention to exercise such authority; and (2) determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the International Griminal Court— (A) remains party to, and has continued to abide by, a binding agreement that— (i) prohibits the International Criminal Court from seeking to exercise jurisdiction over the following persons with respect to actions undertaken by them in an official capacity: (I) covered United States persons; (II) covered allied persons; and (III) individuals who were covered United States persons or covered allied persons; and (ii) ensures that no person described in clause (i) will be arrested, detained, prosecuted, or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court; and (B) has taken no steps to arrest, detain, prosecute, or imprison any person described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A). (c) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SECTIONS 4 AND 6 WITH RESPECT TO AN INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF A NAMED INDIVIDUAL. — The President is authorized to waive the prohibitions and requirements of sections 2004 and 2006 to the degree such prohibitions and requirements would prevent United States cooperation with