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31 119THCONGRESS
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53 STSESSION H. R. 23
6-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7-JANUARY9, 2025
8-Received; read the first time
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10-ANUARY13, 2025
11-Read the second time and placed on the calendar
124 AN ACT
135 To impose sanctions with respect to the International Crimi-
146 nal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest,
157 detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United
168 States and its allies.
179 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegitimate Court 4
21-Counteraction Act’’. 5
22-SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
23-Congress finds the following: 7
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27-(1) The United States and Israel are not par-1
28-ties to the Rome Statute or members of the Inter-2
29-national Criminal Court (ICC), and therefore the 3
30-ICC has no legitimacy or jurisdiction over the 4
31-United States or Israel. 5
32-(2) On May 20, 2024, the Prosecutor of the 6
33-International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, an-7
34-nounced arrest warrant applications for Israeli 8
35-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister 9
36-of Defense Yoav Gallant and should be condemned 10
37-in the strongest possible terms. 11
38-(3) On November 21, 2024, the ICC’s Pre-Trial 12
39-Chamber issued warrants for the arrest of 13
40-Netanyahu and Gallant, which should be condemned 14
41-in the strongest possible terms. 15
42-(4) The bipartisan American Servicemembers’ 16
43-Protection Act was enacted in 2002 to protect 17
44-United States military personnel, United States offi-18
45-cials, and officials and military personnel of certain 19
46-allied countries against criminal prosecution by an 20
47-international criminal court to which the United 21
48-States is not party, stating, ‘‘In addition to exposing 22
49-members of the Armed Forces of the United States 23
50-to the risk of international criminal prosecution, the 24
51-Rome Statute creates a risk that the President and 25
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55-other senior elected and appointed officials of the 1
56-United States Government may be prosecuted by the 2
57-International Criminal Court.’’. 3
58-(5) The ICC’s actions against Israel, including 4
59-the preliminary examination and investigation of 5
60-Israel and issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli 6
61-officials, are illegitimate and baseless and create a 7
62-damaging precedent that threatens the United 8
63-States, Israel, and all United States partners who 9
64-have not consented to the ICC’s jurisdiction. 10
65-(6) The United States must oppose any action 11
66-by the ICC against the United States, Israel, or any 12
67-other ally of the United States that has not con-13
68-sented to ICC jurisdiction or is not a state party to 14
69-the Rome Statute of the ICC. 15
70-SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE INTER-16
71-NATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. 17
10+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
11+•HR 23 EH
12+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegitimate Court 2
14+Counteraction Act’’. 3
15+SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
16+Congress finds the following: 5
17+(1) The United States and Israel are not par-6
18+ties to the Rome Statute or members of the Inter-7
19+national Criminal Court (ICC), and therefore the 8
20+ICC has no legitimacy or jurisdiction over the 9
21+United States or Israel. 10
22+(2) On May 20, 2024, the Prosecutor of the 11
23+International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, an-12
24+nounced arrest warrant applications for Israeli 13
25+Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister 14
26+of Defense Yoav Gallant and should be condemned 15
27+in the strongest possible terms. 16
28+(3) On November 21, 2024, the ICC’s Pre-Trial 17
29+Chamber issued warrants for the arrest of 18
30+Netanyahu and Gallant, which should be condemned 19
31+in the strongest possible terms. 20
32+(4) The bipartisan American Servicemembers’ 21
33+Protection Act was enacted in 2002 to protect 22
34+United States military personnel, United States offi-23
35+cials, and officials and military personnel of certain 24
36+allied countries against criminal prosecution by an 25
37+international criminal court to which the United 26 3
38+•HR 23 EH
39+States is not party, stating, ‘‘In addition to exposing 1
40+members of the Armed Forces of the United States 2
41+to the risk of international criminal prosecution, the 3
42+Rome Statute creates a risk that the President and 4
43+other senior elected and appointed officials of the 5
44+United States Government may be prosecuted by the 6
45+International Criminal Court.’’. 7
46+(5) The ICC’s actions against Israel, including 8
47+the preliminary examination and investigation of 9
48+Israel and issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli 10
49+officials, are illegitimate and baseless and create a 11
50+damaging precedent that threatens the United 12
51+States, Israel, and all United States partners who 13
52+have not consented to the ICC’s jurisdiction. 14
53+(6) The United States must oppose any action 15
54+by the ICC against the United States, Israel, or any 16
55+other ally of the United States that has not con-17
56+sented to ICC jurisdiction or is not a state party to 18
57+the Rome Statute of the ICC. 19
58+SEC. 3. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE INTER-20
59+NATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. 21
7260 (a) I
73-NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 18
74-date of enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis 19
75-thereafter, if the International Criminal Court is engaging 20
76-in any attempt to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 21
77-any protected person, the President shall impose— 22
78-(1) the sanctions described in subsection (b) 23
79-with respect to any foreign person the President de-24
80-termines— 25
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84-(A) has directly engaged in or otherwise 1
85-aided any effort by the International Criminal 2
86-Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 3
87-a protected person; 4
88-(B) has materially assisted, sponsored, or 5
89-provided financial, material, or technological 6
90-support for, or goods or services to or in sup-7
91-port of any effort by the International Criminal 8
92-Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 9
93-a protected person; or 10
94-(C) is owned or controlled by, or is cur-11
95-rently acting or purports to have acted, directly 12
96-or indirectly, for or on behalf of any person 13
97-that directly engages in any effort by the Inter-14
98-national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, 15
99-detain, or prosecute a protected person; and 16
100-(2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 17
101-with respect to the immediate family members of 18
102-each foreign person who is subject to sanctions pur-19
103-suant to paragraph (1). 20
104-(b) S
105-ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-21
106-scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 22
107-described in subsection (a) are the following: 23
61+NGENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 22
62+date of enactment of this Act, and on an ongoing basis 23
63+thereafter, if the International Criminal Court is engaging 24 4
64+•HR 23 EH
65+in any attempt to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 1
66+any protected person, the President shall impose— 2
67+(1) the sanctions described in subsection (b) 3
68+with respect to any foreign person the President de-4
69+termines— 5
70+(A) has directly engaged in or otherwise 6
71+aided any effort by the International Criminal 7
72+Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 8
73+a protected person; 9
74+(B) has materially assisted, sponsored, or 10
75+provided financial, material, or technological 11
76+support for, or goods or services to or in sup-12
77+port of any effort by the International Criminal 13
78+Court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute 14
79+a protected person; or 15
80+(C) is owned or controlled by, or is cur-16
81+rently acting or purports to have acted, directly 17
82+or indirectly, for or on behalf of any person 18
83+that directly engages in any effort by the Inter-19
84+national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, 20
85+detain, or prosecute a protected person; and 21
86+(2) the sanctions described in subsection (b)(2) 22
87+with respect to the immediate family members of 23
88+each foreign person who is subject to sanctions pur-24
89+suant to paragraph (1). 25 5
90+•HR 23 EH
91+(b) SANCTIONSDESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-1
92+scribed in this subsection with respect to a foreign person 2
93+described in subsection (a) are the following: 3
10894 (1) P
109-ROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 24
110-exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter-25
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114-national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 1
115-U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 2
116-and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-3
117-terests in property of any foreign person described 4
118-in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 5
119-property are in the United States, come within the 6
120-United States, or are or come within the possession 7
121-or control of a United States person. 8
95+ROPERTY BLOCKING.—The President shall 4
96+exercise all of the powers granted by the Inter-5
97+national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 6
98+U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 7
99+and prohibit all transactions in all property and in-8
100+terests in property of any foreign person described 9
101+in subsection (a)(1) if such property and interests in 10
102+property are in the United States, come within the 11
103+United States, or are or come within the possession 12
104+or control of a United States person. 13
122105 (2) A
123-LIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS , ADMIS-9
124-SION, OR PAROLE.— 10
106+LIENS INADMISSIBLE FOR VISAS , ADMIS-14
107+SION, OR PAROLE.— 15
125108 (A) V
126-ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 11
127-the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 12
128-the alien is— 13
129-(i) inadmissible to the United States; 14
130-(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 15
131-documentation to enter the United States; 16
132-and 17
133-(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 18
134-or paroled into the United States or to re-19
135-ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-20
136-tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 21
137-seq.). 22
109+ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—In 16
110+the case of an alien described in subsection (a), 17
111+the alien is— 18
112+(i) inadmissible to the United States; 19
113+(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 20
114+documentation to enter the United States; 21
115+and 22
116+(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 23
117+or paroled into the United States or to re-24
118+ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-25 6
119+•HR 23 EH
120+tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 1
121+seq.). 2
138122 (B) C
139-URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 23
123+URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 3
140124 (i) I
141-N GENERAL.—The visa or other 24
142-entry documentation of an alien described 25
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146-in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-1
147-gardless of when such visa or other entry 2
148-documentation was issued. 3
125+N GENERAL.—The visa or other 4
126+entry documentation of an alien described 5
127+in subparagraph (A) shall be revoked, re-6
128+gardless of when such visa or other entry 7
129+documentation was issued. 8
149130 (ii) I
150-MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-4
151-tion under clause (i) shall— 5
152-(I) take effect immediately; and 6
153-(II) automatically cancel any 7
154-other valid visa or entry documenta-8
155-tion that is in the alien’s possession. 9
131+MMEDIATE EFFECT .—A revoca-9
132+tion under clause (i) shall— 10
133+(I) take effect immediately; and 11
134+(II) automatically cancel any 12
135+other valid visa or entry documenta-13
136+tion that is in the alien’s possession. 14
156137 (c) I
157-MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 10
138+MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 15
158139 (1) I
159-MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-11
160-ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 12
161-and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 13
162-Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 14
163-this section. 15
140+MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-16
141+ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 17
142+and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 18
143+Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 19
144+this section. 20
164145 (2) P
165-ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-16
166-tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 17
167-violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 18
168-order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 19
169-to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 20
170-of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-21
171-nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-22
172-tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-23
173-scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 24
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177-(d) NOTIFICATION TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 10 1
178-days after any imposition of sanctions pursuant to sub-2
179-section (a), the President shall brief and provide written 3
180-notification to the appropriate congressional committees 4
181-regarding the imposition of sanctions that shall include— 5
182-(1) a description of the foreign person or per-6
183-sons subject to the imposition of such sanctions, in-7
184-cluding the foreign person’s role at or relation to the 8
185-International Criminal Court; 9
186-(2) a description of any activity undertaken by 10
187-such foreign person or persons in support of efforts 11
188-to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-12
189-tected person; and 13
190-(3) the specific sanctions imposed on such for-14
191-eign person or persons. 15
146+ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-21
147+tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 22
148+violation of this section or any regulation, license, or 23
149+order issued to carry out this section shall be subject 24
150+to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 25 7
151+•HR 23 EH
152+of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-1
153+nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-2
154+tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-3
155+scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 4
156+(d) N
157+OTIFICATION TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 10 5
158+days after any imposition of sanctions pursuant to sub-6
159+section (a), the President shall brief and provide written 7
160+notification to the appropriate congressional committees 8
161+regarding the imposition of sanctions that shall include— 9
162+(1) a description of the foreign person or per-10
163+sons subject to the imposition of such sanctions, in-11
164+cluding the foreign person’s role at or relation to the 12
165+International Criminal Court; 13
166+(2) a description of any activity undertaken by 14
167+such foreign person or persons in support of efforts 15
168+to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-16
169+tected person; and 17
170+(3) the specific sanctions imposed on such for-18
171+eign person or persons. 19
192172 (e) W
193-AIVER.— 16
173+AIVER.— 20
194174 (1) I
195-N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 17
196-case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 90 18
197-days each, waive the application of sanctions im-19
198-posed or maintained with respect to a foreign person 20
199-under this section if the President submits to the 21
200-appropriate congressional committees before the 22
201-waiver is to take effect a report that contains a de-23
202-termination of the President that the waiver is vital 24
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206-to the national security interests of the United 1
207-States. 2
175+N GENERAL.—The President may, on a 21
176+case-by-case basis and for periods not to exceed 90 22
177+days each, waive the application of sanctions im-23
178+posed or maintained with respect to a foreign person 24
179+under this section if the President submits to the 25 8
180+•HR 23 EH
181+appropriate congressional committees before the 1
182+waiver is to take effect a report that contains a de-2
183+termination of the President that the waiver is vital 3
184+to the national security interests of the United 4
185+States. 5
208186 (2) C
209-ONTENTS.—Each report required by para-3
210-graph (1) with respect to a waiver of the application 4
211-of sanctions imposed or maintained with respect to 5
212-a foreign person under this section, or the renewal 6
213-of such a waiver, shall include— 7
214-(A) a specific and detailed rationale for the 8
215-determination that the waiver is vital to the na-9
216-tional security interests of the United States; 10
217-(B) a description of the activity that re-11
218-sulted in the foreign person being subject to 12
219-sanctions; 13
220-(C) a detailed description and list of ac-14
221-tions the United States has taken to stop the 15
222-International Criminal Court from engaging in 16
223-any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or pros-17
224-ecute all protected persons; and 18
225-(D) a detailed description and list of ac-19
226-tions the International Criminal Court has 20
227-taken to permanently close, withdraw, end, or 21
228-otherwise terminate any preliminary examina-22
229-tion, investigation, or any other effort to inves-23
230-tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected 24
231-persons. 25
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235-(3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph 1
236-by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 2
237-form but may include a classified annex. 3
187+ONTENTS.—Each report required by para-6
188+graph (1) with respect to a waiver of the application 7
189+of sanctions imposed or maintained with respect to 8
190+a foreign person under this section, or the renewal 9
191+of such a waiver, shall include— 10
192+(A) a specific and detailed rationale for the 11
193+determination that the waiver is vital to the na-12
194+tional security interests of the United States; 13
195+(B) a description of the activity that re-14
196+sulted in the foreign person being subject to 15
197+sanctions; 16
198+(C) a detailed description and list of ac-17
199+tions the United States has taken to stop the 18
200+International Criminal Court from engaging in 19
201+any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or pros-20
202+ecute all protected persons; and 21
203+(D) a detailed description and list of ac-22
204+tions the International Criminal Court has 23
205+taken to permanently close, withdraw, end, or 24
206+otherwise terminate any preliminary examina-25 9
207+•HR 23 EH
208+tion, investigation, or any other effort to inves-1
209+tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected 2
210+persons. 3
211+(3) F
212+ORM.—Each report required by paragraph 4
213+by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 5
214+form but may include a classified annex. 6
238215 (f) S
239-PECIALRULE.—The President may terminate 4
240-the sanctions with respect to the foreign persons described 5
241-in subsection (a) if the President certifies in writing to 6
242-the appropriate congressional committees that the Inter-7
243-national Criminal Court— 8
244-(1) has ceased engaging in any effort to inves-9
245-tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected per-10
246-sons; and 11
247-(2) has permanently closed, withdrawn, ended, 12
248-and otherwise terminated any preliminary examina-13
249-tion, investigation, or any other effort by the Inter-14
250-national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, de-15
251-tain, or prosecute all protected persons. 16
252-SEC. 4. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL 17
253-CRIMINAL COURT. 18
216+PECIALRULE.—The President may terminate 7
217+the sanctions with respect to the foreign persons described 8
218+in subsection (a) if the President certifies in writing to 9
219+the appropriate congressional committees that the Inter-10
220+national Criminal Court— 11
221+(1) has ceased engaging in any effort to inves-12
222+tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected per-13
223+sons; and 14
224+(2) has permanently closed, withdrawn, ended, 15
225+and otherwise terminated any preliminary examina-16
226+tion, investigation, or any other effort by the Inter-17
227+national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, de-18
228+tain, or prosecute all protected persons. 19
229+SEC. 4. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL 20
230+CRIMINAL COURT. 21
254231 (a) I
255-NGENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-19
256-ment of this Act, any amounts appropriated for the Inter-20
257-national Criminal Court and available for obligation as of 21
258-such date of enactment are hereby rescinded. 22
259-(b) P
260-ROHIBITION ONFUTUREAPPROPRIATIONS.— 23
261-On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, no 24
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265-appropriated funds may be used for the International 1
266-Criminal Court. 2
267-SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 3
268-In this Act: 4
232+NGENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-22
233+ment of this Act, any amounts appropriated for the Inter-23
234+national Criminal Court and available for obligation as of 24
235+such date of enactment are hereby rescinded. 25 10
236+•HR 23 EH
237+(b) PROHIBITION ONFUTUREAPPROPRIATIONS.— 1
238+On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, no 2
239+appropriated funds may be used for the International 3
240+Criminal Court. 4
241+SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 5
242+In this Act: 6
269243 (1) A
270-DMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 5
271-and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 6
272-section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 7
273-(8 U.S.C. 1101). 8
244+DMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 7
245+and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 8
246+section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9
247+(8 U.S.C. 1101). 10
274248 (2) A
275-LLY OF THE UNITED STATES .—The term 9
276-‘‘ally of the United States’’ means— 10
277-(A) a government of a member country of 11
278-the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 12
279-(B) a government of a major non-NATO 13
280-ally, as that term is defined by section 2013(7) 14
281-of the American Service-Members’ Protection 15
282-Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)). 16
249+LLY OF THE UNITED STATES .—The term 11
250+‘‘ally of the United States’’ means— 12
251+(A) a government of a member country of 13
252+the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 14
253+(B) a government of a major non-NATO 15
254+ally, as that term is defined by section 2013(7) 16
255+of the American Service-Members’ Protection 17
256+Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)). 18
283257 (3) A
284-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -17
285-TEES DEFINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-18
286-sional committees’’ means— 19
287-(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 20
288-Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-21
289-mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-22
290-resentatives; and 23
291-(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 24
292-the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 25
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296-Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-1
297-ciary of the Senate. 2
258+PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -19
259+TEES DEFINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-20
260+sional committees’’ means— 21
261+(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 22
262+Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-23
263+mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-24
264+resentatives; and 25 11
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266+(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 1
267+the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 2
268+Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-3
269+ciary of the Senate. 4
298270 (4) F
299-OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-3
300-son’’ means a person that is not a United States 4
301-person. 5
271+OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-5
272+son’’ means a person that is not a United States 6
273+person. 7
302274 (5) I
303-MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .—The term 6
304-‘‘immediate family member’’, with respect to a for-7
305-eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 8
306-adult child of the person. 9
275+MMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER .—The term 8
276+‘‘immediate family member’’, with respect to a for-9
277+eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 10
278+adult child of the person. 11
307279 (6) I
308-NTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ; ROME 10
309-STATUTE.—The terms ‘‘International Criminal 11
310-Court’’ and ‘‘Rome Statute’’ have the meaning given 12
311-those terms in section 2013 of the American Service- 13
312-Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432). 14
280+NTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ; ROME 12
281+STATUTE.—The terms ‘‘International Criminal 13
282+Court’’ and ‘‘Rome Statute’’ have the meaning given 14
283+those terms in section 2013 of the American Service- 15
284+Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432). 16
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314-ROTECTED PERSON.—The term ‘‘protected 15
315-person’’ means— 16
316-(A) any United States person, unless the 17
317-United States provides formal consent to Inter-18
318-national Criminal Court jurisdiction and is a 19
319-state party to the Rome Statute of the Inter-20
320-national Criminal Court, including— 21
321-(i) current or former members of the 22
322-Armed Forces of the United States; 23
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286+ROTECTED PERSON.—The term ‘‘protected 17
287+person’’ means— 18
288+(A) any United States person, unless the 19
289+United States provides formal consent to Inter-20
290+national Criminal Court jurisdiction and is a 21
291+state party to the Rome Statute of the Inter-22
292+national Criminal Court, including— 23
293+(i) current or former members of the 24
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326296 (ii) current or former elected or ap-1
327297 pointed officials of the United States Gov-2
328298 ernment; and 3
329299 (iii) any other person currently or for-4
330300 merly employed by or working on behalf of 5
331301 the United States Government; 6
332302 (B) any foreign person that is a citizen or 7
333303 lawful resident of an ally of the United States 8
334304 that has not consented to International Crimi-9
335305 nal Court jurisdiction or is not a state party to 10
336306 the Rome Statute of the International Criminal 11
337307 Court, including— 12
338308 (i) current or former members of the 13
339309 Armed Forces of such ally of the United 14
340310 States; 15
341311 (ii) current or former elected or ap-16
342312 pointed government officials of such ally of 17
343313 the United States; and 18
344314 (iii) any other person currently or for-19
345315 merly employed by or working on behalf of 20
346316 such a government. 21
347317 (8) U
348318 NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 22
349-‘‘United States person’’ means— 23
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319+‘‘United States person’’ means— 23 13
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353321 (A) an individual who is a United States 1
354322 citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-2
355323 nent residence to the United States; 3
356324 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 4
357325 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 5
358326 United States, including a foreign branch of 6
359327 such an entity; or 7
360328 (C) any person in the United States. 8
361329 Passed the House of Representatives January 9,
362330 2025.
363-Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
364-Clerk.
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374338 ESSION
375339
376340 H. R. 23
377341 AN ACT
378342 To impose sanctions with respect to the Inter-
379343 national Criminal Court engaged in any effort to
380344 investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-
381345 tected person of the United States and its allies.
382-J
383-ANUARY
384-13, 2025
385-Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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