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On the recordMarch 25, 2025
Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 57, after line 18, insert the following: ``(C) Any country that is defending against a case before the International Court of Justice relating to an alleged violation by such country of-- ``(i) any of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 or their Additional Protocols; or ``(ii) the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. ``(D) Any country the government of which includes officials that have outstanding arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court.'' The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 242, the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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