Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/23

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119 HR 23 IH: Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-01-03 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 23 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Mast , Mr. McCaul , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Finstad , Mr. Cline , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Arrington , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Crane , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Self , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Miller of Ohio , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , and Mr. Buchanan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary , and Appropriations , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States and Israel are not parties to the Rome Statute or members of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and therefore the ICC has no legitimacy or jurisdiction over the United States or Israel. (2) On May 20, 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced arrest warrant applications for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. (3) On November 21, 2024, the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber issued warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu and Gallant, which should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. (4) The bipartisan Am…

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