[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1579 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1579

  To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 
and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as international organizations for 
  purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2025

Mr. Risch (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Cortez Masto, 
and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 
and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as international organizations for 
  purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, 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 TITLES.

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

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS IMMUNITIES ACT TO ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) 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:
    ``Sec. 18.  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 (ASEAN) 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.''.
    (b) European Organization for Nuclear Research.--The International 
Organizations Immunities Act, as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 19.  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.''.
    (c) Pacific Islands Forum.--The International Organizations 
Immunities Act, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``Sec. 20.  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 (PIF) 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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