On Passage — H R 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act

- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. - Official subject tags include criminal investigation, detention, family relationships, foreign property, international law, presidential powers, sanctions, and specialized courts. - The official summary says the bill would sanction foreign persons who help the International Criminal Court investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute certain people. - Protected persons would include any U.S. individual, U.S. entity, or person in the United States, unless the United States is a party to the Rome Statute and formally consents to ICC jurisdiction; and any foreign person who is a citizen or lawful resident of a U.S. ally that is not a Rome Statute party or has not consented to ICC jurisdiction. - If the ICC tries to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute a protected person, the President would have to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who engaged in or materially helped those actions, and on foreign persons owned, controlled, or acting for them. - Immediate family members of those sanctioned would also face visa-blocking sanctions. Upon enactment, funds appropriated for the ICC would be rescinded, and later appropriated funds could not be used for the ICC.