HR 23
Blocked in the Senate
Requires the President to sanction foreign persons who help the International Criminal Court investigate or prosecute Americans or citizens of allied countries that have not joined the court, and rescinds the court's unspent U.S. funding.
Official title: Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
09-JAN-2025
Senate
Received
09-JAN-2025
On the calendar
13-JAN-2025
Blocked
28-JAN-2025
- Requires the President to block property and bar or revoke visas for foreign persons who aid ICC efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons, along with their spouses, parents, siblings, and adult children.
- Defines protected persons to include U.S. persons, unless the United States consents to ICC jurisdiction and is a Rome Statute party, and citizens or residents of NATO members and major non-NATO allies that have not accepted ICC jurisdiction.
- Requires notice to appropriate congressional committees within 10 days of any sanctions, and allows the President to waive sanctions for periods of up to 90 days with a national security determination.
- Rescinds ICC funds that are appropriated and unobligated on the date of enactment and bars the use of appropriated funds for the court going forward.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-JAN-2025).
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International Affairs
■ 38 R
38 Republicans
- Jodey C. Arrington
- Andy Barr
- Tom Barrett
- Andy Biggs
- Vern Buchanan
- Ben Cline
- Michael Cloud
- Elijah Crane
- Dan Crenshaw
- Jake Ellzey
- Randy Feenstra
- Brad Finstad
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
- Brandon Gill
- Lance Gooden
- Mark Green
- Michael Guest
- Clay Higgins
- Erin Houchin
- Wesley Hunt
- Brian Jack
- Ronny Jackson
- Thomas H. Kean
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Michael Lawler