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(3) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—The President may terminate 
the sanctions with respect to the foreign persons described 
in subsection (a) if the President certifies in writing to 
the appropriate congressional committees that the Inter-
national Criminal Court— 
(1) has ceased engaging in any effort to inves-
tigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute all protected per-
sons; and 
(2) has permanently closed, withdrawn, ended, 
and otherwise terminated any preliminary examina-
tion, investigation, or any other effort by the Inter-
national Criminal Court to investigate, arrest, de-
tain, or prosecute all protected persons. 
SEC. 4. RESCISSION OF FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL COURT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, any amounts appropriated for the Inter-
national Criminal Court and available for obligation as of 
such date of enactment are hereby rescinded. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON FUTURE APPROPRIATIONS.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, no 
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appropriated funds may be used for the International 
Criminal Court. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMITTED ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES.—The term 
‘‘ally of the United States’’ means— 
(A) a government of a member country of 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 
(B) a government of a major non-NATO 
ally, as that term is defined by section 2013(7) 
of the American Service-Members’ Protection 
Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)). 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES
DEFINED.—The term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
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Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. 
(4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(5) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’, with respect to a for-
eign person, means the spouse, parent, sibling, or 
adult child of the person. 
(6) INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL
COURT; ROME 
STATUTE.—The 
terms 
‘‘International 
Criminal 
Court’’ and ‘‘Rome Statute’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 2013 of the American Service- 
Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432). 
(7) PROTECTED PERSON.—The term ‘‘protected 
person’’ means— 
(A) any United States person, unless the 
United States provides formal consent to Inter-
national Criminal Court jurisdiction and is a 
state party to the Rome Statute of the Inter-
national Criminal Court, including— 
(i) current or former members of the 
Armed Forces of the United States; 
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(ii) current or former elected or ap-
pointed officials of the United States Gov-
ernment; and 
(iii) any other person currently or for-
merly employed by or working on behalf of 
the United States Government; 
(B) any foreign person that is a citizen or 
lawful resident of an ally of the United States 
that has not consented to International Crimi-
nal Court jurisdiction or is not a state party to 
the Rome Statute of the International Criminal 
Court, including— 
(i) current or former members of the 
Armed Forces of such ally of the United 
States; 
(ii) current or former elected or ap-
pointed government officials of such ally of 
the United States; and 
(iii) any other person currently or for-
merly employed by or working on behalf of 
such a government. 
(8) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
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(A) an individual who is a United States 
citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to the United States; 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity; or 
(C) any person in the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 3 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 23 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions with respect to the Inter-
national Criminal Court engaged in any effort to 
investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any pro-
tected person of the United States and its allies. 
JANUARY 13, 2025 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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