[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9243 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9243

  To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian 
     Nations as an international organization for purposes of the 
  International Organizations Immunities Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2022

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian 
     Nations as an international organization 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 TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.

    The provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act 
(22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) may be extended to the Association of Southeast 
Asian Nations in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to 
the same conditions as such provisions 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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