Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act

Sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) · 38 active : 38 Republicans

Latest action: 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)

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedJan 9, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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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.

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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.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Appropriations · HouseReferred to
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseReferred to
House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to

Subjects

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Foreign property
International law and treaties
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Specialized courts
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

42Swing 70–100
193Middle 30–70
196Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 51.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 23 · Jan 9, 2025 · Roll call 6On PassageIllegitimate Court Counteraction Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8282 · Jun 4, 2024 · Roll call 960On PassageIllegitimate Court Counteraction Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 682On PassageNo Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 681On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 680On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 679On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 678On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5961 · Nov 30, 2023 · Roll call 677On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 5334 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 668On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAn Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 93 · Sep 15, 2026 · Roll call 667On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 89 · Jul 23, 2026 · Roll call 642On Agreeing to the ResolutionDirecting the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

38 active

Show all 38 cosponsors

Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21)
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2)
Erin Houchin (R-IN-9)
Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
Keith Self (R-TX-3)
Max L. Miller (R-OH-7)
Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4)
Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13)
Vern Buchanan

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.