PARTNER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4490 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4490

   To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend 
      diplomatic privileges and immunities to certain additional 
   international and regional organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Johnson 
 of South Dakota, Mr. Case, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Cherfilus-
  McCormick, and Mr. Meeks) 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 
      diplomatic privileges and immunities to certain additional 
   international and regional organizations, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Appropriate Recognition 
and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations Act'' or the ``PARTNER Act''.

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Extension of diplomatic privileges and immunities to the 
                            Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Sec. 3. Extension of diplomatic privileges and immunities to the 
                            European Organization For Nuclear Research 
                            (CERN).
Sec. 4. Extension of diplomatic privileges and immunities to the 
                            Pacific Islands Forum.
Sec. 5. Extension of diplomatic privileges and immunities to the 
                            Caribbean Community.
Sec. 6. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the African 
                            Union.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

    The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 18. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

    ``Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, 
the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this title to 
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 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.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN).

    The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 19. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH (CERN).

    ``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.''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM.

    The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 20. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM.

    ``Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, 
the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this title to 
the Pacific Islands Forum 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.''.

SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.

    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. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
              CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.

    ``Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, 
the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this title to 
the Caribbean Community 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.''.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE AFRICAN 
              UNION.

    Section 12(b) of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 
U.S.C. 288f-2(b)) is amended:
            (1) by striking ``to extend, or enter into an agreement to 
        extend, to the African Union Mission'' and inserting ``to 
        extend, or enter into an agreement to extend--'';
            ``(1) to the African Union Mission'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) to the permanent observer mission of the African 
        Union to the United Nations in New York, and to its members, 
        the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the permanent missions 
        to the United Nations of member states, and their members, 
        subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.''.
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