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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 9 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Reaffirming that the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute |
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| 6 | 6 | | and does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona submitted the following resolution; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Reaffirming that the United States is not a party to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Rome Statute and does not recognize the jurisdiction |
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| 15 | 15 | | of the International Criminal Court. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas the Constitution requires approval from two-thirds |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the Senators present for ratification and confirmation |
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| 18 | 18 | | of international treaties; |
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| 19 | 19 | | Whereas President Bill Clinton signed the Rome Statute on |
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| 20 | 20 | | December 31, 2000, but did not submit the treaty to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Senate for ratification; |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas, on May 6, 2002, the Bush administration an- |
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| 23 | 23 | | nounced that the United States does not intend to be- |
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| 24 | 24 | | come a party to the Rome Statute of the International |
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| 25 | 25 | | Criminal Court; |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HRES 9 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas Article 125 of the Rome Statute states that it is |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘subject to ratification, acceptance, or approval by signa- |
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| 31 | 31 | | tory States’’; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas, on May 20, 2024, the Prosecutor of the Inter- |
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| 33 | 33 | | national Criminal Court, Karim Khan, took unprece- |
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| 34 | 34 | | dented measures announcing arrest warrant applications |
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| 35 | 35 | | for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Min- |
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| 36 | 36 | | ister of Defense Yoav Gallant; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas the United States and Israel are not parties to the |
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| 38 | 38 | | Rome Statute or members of the International Criminal |
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| 39 | 39 | | Court; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas the United States does not recognize the legitimacy |
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| 41 | 41 | | or jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: Now, |
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| 42 | 42 | | therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 43 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) reaffirms that the United States is not a 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | party to the Rome Statute and does not recognize 3 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court; 4 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) condemns the International Criminal 5 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Court’s issuance of arrest warrant applications for 6 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 7 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant; and 8 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (3) reiterates its unwavering support for the 9 |
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| 52 | 52 | | State of Israel and its right to defend itself and its 10 |
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| 53 | 53 | | leaders from unwarranted international legal actions. 11 |
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