Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Latest action · Jan 28, 2025 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)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2025 to Jan 9, 2025; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jan 3, 2025 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jan 3, 2025 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2025Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 22. (CR S410)
- Jan 23, 2025Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S307)
- Jan 23, 2025Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S307)
- Jan 13, 2025Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
- Jan 9, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H67-74)
In the Congressional Record 11
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1620 | John Thune R-SD | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S742, S743, S760 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, John Barrasso R-WY, John Thune R-SD | Feb 5, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S449, S455–S458 | Dan Sullivan R-AK, Deb Fischer R-NE, James Lankford R-OK, John Thune R-SD, Pete Ricketts R-NE | Jan 29, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S402, S408–S410Amendments S436Cloture motions S410Recorded votes S410cloture motion on motion to proceed | Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS (cloture motion), Deb Fischer R-NE (cloture motion), James E. Risch R-ID, James Lankford R-OK (cloture motion), Jeanne Shaheen D-NH, John Barrasso R-WY, John Boozman R-AR (cloture motion), John R. Curtis R-UT (cloture motion), John Thune R-SD (cloture motion), Markwayne Mullin R-OK (cloture motion), Marsha Blackburn R-TN (cloture motion), Mike Rounds R-SD (cloture motion), Pete Ricketts R-NE (cloture motion), Rand Paul R-KY (amendment), Rick Scott R-FL (cloture motion), Shelley Moore Capito R-WV (cloture motion), Ted Budd R-NC (cloture motion), Ted Cruz R-TX (amendment), Tim Scott R-SC (amendment, cloture motion), Tim Sheehy R-MT (cloture motion), Tom Cotton R-AR (cloture motion), Tommy Tuberville R-AL (cloture motion) | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S307Motions S307Cloture motions S307 | Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS (cloture motion), Deb Fischer R-NE (cloture motion), James Lankford R-OK (cloture motion), John Boozman R-AR (cloture motion), John R. Curtis R-UT (cloture motion), John Thune R-SD (cloture motion, motion), Markwayne Mullin R-OK (cloture motion), Marsha Blackburn R-TN (cloture motion), Mike Rounds R-SD (cloture motion), Pete Ricketts R-NE (cloture motion), Rick Scott R-FL (cloture motion), Shelley Moore Capito R-WV (cloture motion), Ted Budd R-NC (cloture motion), Tim Scott R-SC (cloture motion), Tim Sheehy R-MT (cloture motion), Tom Cotton R-AR (cloture motion), Tommy Tuberville R-AL (cloture motion) | Jan 23, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 1, January 3, 2025, page H36.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48289 | Congressional Votes Related to the Israel-Hamas Conflict | Report | Apr 30, 2026 |
| IF12894 | U.S. Sanctions Policy in the 119th Congress: Recent Executive Actions and Legislative Implications | Resource | Feb 3, 2025 |
Amendments 3
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 95 | No description on file | Tim Scott R-SC | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 96 | No description on file | Ted Cruz R-TX | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 97 | No description on file | Rand Paul R-KY | Senate amendment submitted |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 5 | Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 3, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2025Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jan 9, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
