Strengthening Science Through Diplomacy Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9619 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9619

   To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend 
  certain privileges and immunities to the European Organization for 
                           Nuclear Research.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2024

    Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Foster) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend 
  certain privileges and immunities to the European Organization for 
                           Nuclear Research.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Science Through 
Diplomacy Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE CONSEIL 
              EUROPEEN POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE (CERN; THE EUROPEAN 
              ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH).

    The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 21.  Under such terms and conditions as the President shall 
determine, the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this 
title to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the 
same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as 
it may be extended to a public international organization in which the 
United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under the 
authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or 
making an appropriation for such participation.''.
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