Bill Details
S.833 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced Date
2025-03-04
Policy Area
International Affairs
Committees
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Sponsors
8
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This bill would push the United States to stop the International Criminal Court, or ICC, from using United Nations facilities in the United States. It tells the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to start talks on a new agreement that would bar the UN from hosting, leasing, or otherwise letting the ICC use its facilities in the U.S. The bill is based on Congress’s view that the United States has not joined the ICC treaty, that the ICC does not have authority over the United States or U.S. citizens, and that the ICC should not operate from UN property in New York.
- It requires the U.S. Ambassador to the UN to seek negotiations for a supplemental agreement to the UN headquarters deal.
- The goal of that agreement would be to block the ICC from using any UN facilities located in the United States.
- The bill says this effort should begin within 30 days after the opening of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
- Congress also states that the ICC has no jurisdiction in the United States and that the court currently has an office at UN headquarters in New York.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 833 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 833
To prevent use of United Nations facilities located in the United
States by the ICC, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 4, 2025
Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To prevent use of United Nations facilities located in the United
States by the ICC, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Move the ICC Out of NYC Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Senate ratified the Charter of the United Nations
in 1945, finalizing the accession of the United States to the
United Nations.
(2) Congress enacted the Joint Resolution of August 4, 1947
(61 Stat. 756, chapter 482; 22 U.S.C. 287 note) (commonly known
as the ``United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act'') to
authorize the United Nations headquarters in New York, New
York.
(3) The Senate has not ratified the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court.
(4) The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction
within the United States or over United States persons.
(5) The International Criminal Court maintains an office
within the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York.
(6) Since its approval by Congress, the United Nations
Headquarters Agreement has been amended through supplemental
agreements, with the United States Ambassador to the United
Nations serving as representative of the United States.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) 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).
(2) United nations headquarters agreement.--The term
``United Nations Headquarters Agreement'' means the Agreement
regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at
Lake Success on June 26, 1947, and entered into force on
November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States.
SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENT TO UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.
Not later than 30 days after the opening date of the 80th session
of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States Ambassador to
the United Nations shall seek to open negotiations at the United
Nations for a supplemental agreement to the United Nations Headquarters
Agreement to prohibit the United Nations from hosting, leasing, or
otherwise allowing use of its facilities within the United States by
the International Criminal Court.
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