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H.R. 4490 · Where this bill is now

In the Senate

Passed the House Sep 2, 2025. Received Sep 3, 2025; no Senate vote yet

What this bill does

In plain words · AI-written from the official summary

Grants diplomatic protections to global organizations

This bill lets the President give special diplomatic protections to four international organizations and the African Union's observer mission at the United Nations. These protections include immunity from certain lawsuits and exemption from property taxes. The organizations covered are ASEAN (Southeast Asian nations), the Pacific Islands Forum, CARICOM (Caribbean nations), and CERN (a European nuclear research organization).

How it affects you

This mainly affects how the U.S. government interacts with these international organizations rather than directly changing life for most Americans. It allows these groups to operate in the United States with the same legal protections that other diplomatic missions receive.

Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Jul 17, 2025)

Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations Act or the PARTNER Act

This bill authorizes the President to extend diplomatic immunities and privileges provided by the International Organizations Immunities Act, including immunity from certain lawsuits and exemption from property taxes, to specified international regional and research organizations.

Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to extend these immunities and privileges to

• the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional organization with 10 members including Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam;

• the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional organization with 18 members including Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea;

• the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a regional organization with 15 members and 6 associate members including Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia; and

• the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), an international research organization focused on particle physics.

The bill also authorizes the President to extend to the permanent observer mission of the African Union to the United Nations the privileges and immunities provided to permanent missions to the United Nations of member states.

Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.

119th Congress
1st SessionH. R. 4490

AN ACT

Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations Act

PARTNER Act

Passed HouseSep 2, 2025 · voice voteIn the SenateNo vote yet

Sponsor: Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · International Affairs · 3 versions of the text

Read the full billOfficial record on Congress.gov ↗

Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Sep 3, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.”

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