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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

Outcome Blocked in the Senate: it did not get the 60 votes needed to end debate
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
Key points
  • 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.
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Official CRS summary

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).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

International Affairs

Sponsor Chip Roy (R-TX) Cosponsors · 38
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