Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Jan 28, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2025
How they voted
54–45
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Jan 28, 2025
D
Democratic45
95% Nay
I
Independent2
100% Nay
R
Republican53
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jan 28, 2025
Vote failed
Senate Vote: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45-1)
senate
Jan 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 243 - 140, 1 Present (Roll no. 7). (text: CR H67-69)
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
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.
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 38 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chip Roy
RRepublican
Co
Andy Barr
RRepublican
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
Ben Cline
RRepublican
Co
Beth Van Duyne
RRepublican
Co
Brad Finstad
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Gill
RRepublican
Co
Brian J. Mast
RRepublican
Co
Brian Jack
RRepublican
Co
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
RRepublican
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
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