American Service-Members' Protection Act

American Service-Members' Protection Act
Great Seal of the United States
EffectiveAugust 2, 2002
Citations
Public law107-206
Statutes at Large116 Stat. 820
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 4775 by Bill Young (R–FL)
  • Passed the House on May 24, 2002 (280–138)
  • Passed the Senate on June 7, 2002 (71–22)
  • Reported by the joint conference committee on July 23, 2002; agreed to by the House of Representatives on July 23, 2002 (397–32) and by the Senate on July 24, 2002 (92–7)
  • Signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 2, 2002

The American Service-Members' Protection Act (ASPA; Title 2 of Pub. L. 107–206 (text) (PDF), H.R. 4775, 116 Stat. 820, enacted August 2, 2002), known informally as The Hague Invasion Act, is a United States federal law described as "a bill to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party".[1] The text of the Act has been codified as subchapter II of chapter 81 of title 22, United States Code.

The Act gives the president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court".[2]

  1. ^ "107th Congress 1st Session S. 1610" (PDF). www.congress.gov. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "American Service-Members' Protection Act". US Department of State Archive. July 30, 2003.