US Congress Senate Concurrent Resolution 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-04-21 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2528)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) U.S. national interests are not advanced by becoming a State Party to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court; (2) the Statute undermines U.S. sovereignty, hinders its ability to defend itself, and conflicts with U.S. constitutional principles; and (3) President Obama should declare that the United States does not intend to ratify the Statute and does not consider itself to be a treaty signatory, and will not attend the May 2010 Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should neither become a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court nor attend the Review Conference of the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda in May 2010.

Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]

Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-21		Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2528)

HCR265 (Same As) 2010-04-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/59/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/sconres59/BILLS-111sconres59is.pdf