Congress: 119 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Roy, Chip (R-Texas)
This bill directs the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to negotiate an amendment to the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement that would ban the ICC from using UN facilities in the United States. The U.S. is not a party to the Rome Statute that established the ICC, and the bill cites that fact as grounds for excluding the organization from American soil.
The ICC has opened investigations into potential war crimes in multiple countries, including situations involving U.S. allies. Removing the ICC's New York office could limit its operational capacity and signal U.S. opposition to international criminal accountability mechanisms that could affect American personnel or partners.