H.R. 23 (119th): Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act

The bill imposes visa and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons who assist the International Criminal Court in investigating, arresting, detaining, or prosecuting protected persons. Protected persons include U.S. individuals and entities, and citizens or lawful residents of certain U.S. allies that are not ICC states parties or have not consented to ICC jurisdiction. Sanctions also reach those owned or controlled by sanctioned persons, and visa bans extend to their immediate family members. The bill rescinds all ICC appropriations upon enactment and bars future use of appropriated funds for the ICC.

Theological note: The bill raises questions of civil sovereignty, the limits of foreign tribunals over a nation's citizens, and whether a nation should shield its own people from external prosecution. It also touches on general equity, since accountability for atrocities like genocide and war crimes matters, and sanctions that block cooperation with such accountability could obstruct justice for victims. These are issues of civil justice and prudential statecraft, not a final moral verdict on this measure.

• Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Lane: accountability_for_atrocities. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
• Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
• Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
• Lane: international_criminal_court. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: justice. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: justice_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: sanctions. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Lane: sovereignty. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
• Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
• Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
• Roll 7: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
• Roll 22: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 23. Vote type: cloture.
• Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill has a defensible civil goal of protecting U.S. persons and citizens of non-consenting allies from foreign court jurisdiction, which reflects sovereignty and limits on external coercion. However, it also sanctions those who assist international efforts to investigate and prosecute possible grave crimes, which could obstruct accountability for atrocities. The metadata's abuse_accountability tag does not fit: the bill neither exposes nor prosecutes abusers, so the prior good polarity rests on a mislabeled tag and is not reliable.
• Theological note: The bill raises questions of civil sovereignty, the limits of foreign tribunals over a nation's citizens, and whether a nation should shield its own people from external prosecution. It also touches on general equity, since accountability for atrocities like genocide and war crimes matters, and sanctions that block cooperation with such accountability could obstruct justice for victims. These are issues of civil justice and prudential statecraft, not a final moral verdict on this measure.

Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics