Bills / H.R. 23
H.R. 23
Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
In plain English
This bill would require visa restrictions and property freezes against foreign people and groups that help the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute those protected by the bill. Protection would cover U.S. people and groups, people in the United States, and certain citizens or legal residents of U.S. allies, with exceptions based on acceptance of ICC authority. Immediate family members of those sanctioned would also face visa restrictions. The bill would cancel existing U.S. funding for the ICC and ban future funding.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Senate roll call 22 · 2025-01-28 · Roll-call record ↗
| Darline Graham (R) | Lindsey Graham (R) | Tim Scott (R) |
|---|---|---|
| Not serving | Yea | Yea |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
47 reports from 13 clients reporting $10,894,771 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (5)
- MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗2 reports
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA ↗Construction · 1 report
- HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC. ↗1 report
- AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗2 reports
- A NEW POLICY INC. ↗1 report
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (4)
- CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL ACTION FUND ↗7 reports
- FDD ACTION ↗3 reports
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION ↗7 reports
- HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA ↗1 report
Not classified (4)
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ↗6 reports
- J STREET ↗8 reports
- THE MUNGER COMPANIES ↗7 reports
- HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST ↗1 report
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
| Organization | D. GrahamNo vote | L. GrahamYea | T. ScottYea | J. ClyburnNo vote | J. WilsonNo vote | N. MaceNo vote | R. NormanNo vote | R. FryNo vote | S. BiggsNo vote | W. TimmonsNo vote | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA | – | $2,500 | $2,500 | – | $2,500 | – | – | – | – | – | $5,000 |
| Total | – | $2,500 | $2,500 | – | $2,500 | – | – | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |