{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8282","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8282","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-05-07","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-06-04","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h242","question":"On Passage","title":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act","result":"Passed","yea":247,"nay":155,"present":2,"not_voting":27,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll242.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2024-09-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-06-04","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"Upon enactment, the bill rescinds all funds appropriated for the ICC and prohibits the subsequent use of appropriated funds for the ICC."}],"words":191},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the President to impose property-blocking and visa sanctions on foreign persons who assist International Criminal Court efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons, and rescinds and bars appropriated funds for the Court.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H3B265315F1C543FABE6F5B721A1B5503"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#HA017D99F3D3F48598B8079A3D548864E"}]},"core_areas":["Sanctions on foreign persons who assist International Criminal Court actions against protected persons","Rescission of, and bar on, appropriated funds for the International Criminal Court"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, within 60 days of enactment and on an ongoing basis, to impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines have aided, materially assisted, or acted for a person engaged in International Criminal Court efforts against a protected person.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H3B265315F1C543FABE6F5B721A1B5503"}},{"text":"Blocks all transactions in property of sanctioned foreign persons that is in the United States or within the possession or control of a United States person, using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H3B265315F1C543FABE6F5B721A1B5503"}},{"text":"Makes sanctioned aliens and their immediate family members inadmissible and ineligible for visas, and revokes their current visas and entry documentation with immediate effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H3B265315F1C543FABE6F5B721A1B5503"}},{"text":"Allows the President to waive sanctions case by case for periods of up to 90 days each, after reporting to the appropriate congressional committees a determination that the waiver is vital to national security interests of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H3B265315F1C543FABE6F5B721A1B5503"}},{"text":"Rescinds amounts appropriated for the International Criminal Court that are available for obligation on the date of enactment, and bars use of appropriated funds for the Court after that date.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#HA017D99F3D3F48598B8079A3D548864E"}},{"text":"Defines a protected person as a United States person, or a citizen or lawful resident of a NATO member or major non-NATO ally that has not consented to International Criminal Court jurisdiction or is not a state party to the Rome Statute.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh#H60274CD8CC4E4222B95406F7C6A04F58"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-06-04","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8282/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8282.png","v":"2a78c691bc59","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8282, 118th Congress: Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. House: 247 Yea, 155 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 4 Jun 2024."}}