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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1839 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prevent use of United Nations facilities located in the United States |
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| 6 | 6 | | by the ICC, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH4, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Foreign Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prevent use of United Nations facilities located in the |
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| 14 | 14 | | United States by the ICC, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Move the ICC Out 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | of NYC Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) The Senate ratified the Charter of the 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | United Nations in 1945, finalizing the accession of 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the United States to the United Nations. 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) Congress enacted the Joint Resolution of 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | August 4, 1947 (61 Stat. 756, chapter 482; 22 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | U.S.C. 287 note) (commonly known as the ‘‘United 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Nations Headquarters Agreement Act’’) to authorize 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the United Nations headquarters in New York, New 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | York. 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) The Senate has not ratified the Rome Stat-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ute of the International Criminal Court. 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) The International Criminal Court has no ju-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | risdiction within the United States or over United 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | States persons. 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (5) The International Criminal Court maintains 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | an office within the United Nations headquarters in 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | New York, New York. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (6) Since its approval by Congress, the United 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Nations Headquarters Agreement has been amended 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | through supplemental agreements, with the United 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | States Ambassador to the United Nations serving as 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | representative of the United States. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | In this Act: 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | NTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ; ROME 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | STATUTE.—The terms ‘‘International Criminal 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Court’’ and ‘‘Rome Statute’’ have the meaning given 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | those terms in section 2013 of the American Service- 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432). 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) U |
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| 59 | 59 | | NITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREE -3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | MENT.—The term ‘‘United Nations Headquarters 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Agreement’’ means the Agreement regarding the 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into force on 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | November 21, 1947, between the United Nations 8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | and the United States. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENT TO UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | AGREEMENT. 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Not later than 30 days after the opening date of the 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | seek to open negotiations at the United Nations for a sup-15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | plemental agreement to the United Nations Headquarters 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Agreement to prohibit the United Nations from hosting, 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | leasing, or otherwise allowing use of its facilities within 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | the United States by the International Criminal Court. 19 |
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