The Stop the ICC Act would prohibit U.S. officials from cooperating with the International Criminal Court in any capacity and ban all federal funding for the ICC or its activities. The bill also blocks Economic Support Fund aid to the Palestinian Authority, citing the Palestinian Authority's 2018 initiation of an ICC investigation into alleged Israeli crimes and the ICC's subsequent issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant in November 2024. Introduced by Senator Sullivan in February 2025, the legislation codifies existing congressional restrictions on aid to the Palestinian Authority while expanding the prohibition to cover all U.S. cooperation with and funding for the international court. The bill affects U.S. foreign aid policy toward the Palestinian territories and fundamentally restricts American engagement with the ICC, which the U.S. has historically maintained a complex relationship with as a non-signatory to the Rome Statute.
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