Move the ICC Out of NYC Act of 2025

Summary

Directs the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to seek a supplemental agreement that would bar the International Criminal Court (ICC) from using United Nations facilities located in the United States. The Ambassador must begin those negotiations within 30 days after the opening date of the 80th UN General Assembly session. The bill also lists findings about U.S. relations with the UN and the ICC and adopts existing statutory definitions for the ICC and the Rome Statute. It does not provide funding, create penalties, or change U.S. criminal jurisdiction or other domestic law.

• Mandates the U.S. Ambassador to the UN to seek a supplemental agreement barring the ICC from using UN facilities in the U.S.
• Requires that negotiations be sought within 30 days after the opening of the 80th UN General Assembly session.
• Adopts existing statutory definitions for the ICC and Rome Statute rather than restating them.
• Includes congressional findings about U.S.–UN relations and the U.S. decision not to ratify the Rome Statute.
• Is a diplomatic directive only: it does not change U.S. criminal jurisdiction, provide funding, or create penalties.
• Targets the ICC’s ability to operate out of UN facilities located in the United States, notably UN headquarters in New York.
• Does not specify what happens if negotiations fail or how the United States would enforce any agreed restriction.