IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4490 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act 
to extend privileges and immunities to certain additional 
international and regional organizations, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 privileges and immunities to the Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations. 
Sec. 3. Extension of privileges and immunities to the European Organization 
For Nuclear Research (CERN). 
Sec. 4. Extension of privileges and immunities to the Pacific Islands Forum. 
Sec. 5. Extension of privileges and immunities to the Caribbean Community. 
Sec. 6. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the African Union. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO 
THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NA-
TIONS. 
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 PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO 
THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NA-
TIONS. 
‘‘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 partici-
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pation or making an appropriation for such participa-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO 
THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NU-
CLEAR 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 PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO 
THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NU-
CLEAR 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.’’. 
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SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF 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 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 pur-
suant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of 
Congress authorizing such participation or making an ap-
propriation for such participation.’’. 
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF 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 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 
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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 pur-
suant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of 
Congress authorizing such participation or making an ap-
propriation for such participation.’’. 
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNI-
TIES TO THE AFRICAN UNION. 
Section 12(b) of the International Organizations Im-
munities 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 insert-
ing ‘‘; 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 
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Nations of member states, and their members, sub-
ject to corresponding conditions and obligations.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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