This bill, the Sovereign Enforcement Integrity Act of 2025, would stop state and local law enforcement from arresting or detaining foreign nationals in the United States solely because of an indictment, warrant, summons, or other process issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also would bar state and local officers from cooperating with the ICC to carry out such arrests and from using public funds, facilities, personnel, or equipment to do those actions. The bill includes two exceptions: Congress can pass a law that authorizes cooperation in a specific case, or the President can certify that cooperation is essential to a declared national security interest and give a written authorization. The bill also says it overrides any state or local law that conflicts with it and includes a severability clause.
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The bill's findings say the United States is not a party to the Rome Statute that created the ICC. The findings state that foreign relations and treatment of foreign nationals are federal responsibilities and that arrests on U.S. soil under an ICC request, without federal approval, could hurt U.S. foreign policy and conflict with constitutional principles. The purpose given in the bill is to require uniform national rules and to prohibit state and local enforcement of ICC actions unless the federal government authorizes it.
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