House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its deliberations to bring arrest warrants against top Israeli officials.

The “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” is the House companion to a Senate bill of the same name introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., in February 2023.

This legislation, brought by Reps. Brian Mast, R-Fla., Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., would “sanction any individual working to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute American citizens or an official from an allied U.S. country, including Israel.”

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