---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 528.315"
title: "31"
number: "528.315"
heading: "Protected person."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/528.315"
---

# §528.315. Protected person.


The term protected person means:

- (a) Any United States person, unless the United States provides formal consent to International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over that person or becomes a state party to the Rome Statute, including:
  - (1) Current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States;
  - (2) Current or former elected or appointed officials of the United States Government; and
  - (3) Any other person currently or formerly employed by or working on behalf of the United States Government; and
- (b) Any foreign person that is a citizen or lawful resident of an ally of the United States that has not consented to ICC jurisdiction over that person or is not a state party to the Rome Statute, including:
  - (1) Current or former members of the armed forces of such ally of the United States;
  - (2) Current or former elected or appointed government officials of such ally of the United States; and
  - (3) Any other person currently or formerly employed by or working on behalf of a government of an ally of the United States.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended); E.O. 14203, 90 FR 9369.

### Source

Source: 90 FR 28013, July 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.