Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill imposes sanctions against foreign persons (individuals and entities) who assist the International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating, arresting, detaining, or prosecuting certain individuals.
The bill categorizes as protected persons (1) any U.S. individual, U.S. entity, or person in the United States, unless the United States is a state party to the Rome Statute of the ICC and provides formal consent to ICC jurisdiction; and (2) any foreign person that is a citizen or lawful resident of a U.S. ally that is not a state party to the Rome Statute or has not consented to ICC jurisdiction.
If the ICC attempts to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute a protected person, the President must impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions against the foreign persons that engaged in or materially assisted in such actions, as well as against foreign persons owned by, controlled by, or acting on behalf of such foreign persons. The President must also apply visa-blocking sanctions to the immediate family members of those sanctioned.
Upon enactment, the bill rescinds all funds appropriated for the ICC and prohibits the subsequent use of appropriated funds for the ICC.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
- Jan 28, 2025Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 22. (CR S410)
- Jan 23, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S307)
- Jan 23, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S307)
- Jan 13, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
- Jan 9, 2025Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Jan 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 9, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)
- Jan 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)
- Jan 9, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H75-76)
- Jan 9, 2025POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 23, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Mast demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Jan 9, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Jan 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 23.
- Jan 9, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H67-74)
- Jan 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House