Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act

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Introduced 2025-01-03

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act 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.

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Recorded votes

Date	Chamber	Question	Result	Yeas	Nays
2025-01-28	Senate roll 22	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 23	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	54	45
2025-01-09	House roll 7	On Passage	Passed	243	140

Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-01-28	Senate	Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 22. (CR S410)
2025-01-23	Senate	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S307)
2025-01-23	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S307)
2025-01-13	Senate	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
2025-01-09	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-01-09	House	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)
2025-01-09		Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)	floor pass
2025-01-09	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H75-76)
2025-01-09	House	POSTPONED 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.
2025-01-09	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2025-01-09	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 23.
2025-01-09	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H67-74)
2025-01-09	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
2025-01-03	House	Referred 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.	refer
2025-01-03	House	Referred 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.	refer
2025-01-03	House	Referred 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.	refer
2025-01-03		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-01-03		Introduced in House	introduce

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