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HR 4490 Passed a chamber

Authorizes the President to extend legal privileges and immunities under the International Organizations Immunities Act to four more international groups and to the African Union's mission to the United Nations in New York.

Official title: PARTNER Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 17-JUL-2025
Referred 17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee 22-JUL-2025
Passed 02-SEP-2025
Senate
Received 03-SEP-2025
Key points
  • Lets the President extend International Organizations Immunities Act privileges to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, CERN, the Pacific Islands Forum, and the Caribbean Community, on terms the President sets.
  • Extends to the African Union's permanent observer mission to the United Nations in New York, and its members, the privileges that UN member state missions and their members receive, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.
  • Applies the same conditions that apply to other public international organizations in which the United States participates.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (17-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

International Affairs

Sponsor Joaquin Castro (D-TX) Cosponsors · 8
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