Bill Summary
This bill, titled "Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act of 2025" or "PARTNER with ASEAN Act of 2025", aims to extend diplomatic privileges and immunities to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the United States. This extension would be in line with the provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act, which allows for the US to provide privileges and immunities to public international organizations in which it participates through treaties or authorized by Congress. This bill would enhance relations between the US and ASEAN and treat the organization as an international entity.
Possible Impacts
1) This legislation could affect employees of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by granting them diplomatic privileges and immunities, which could impact their work and daily lives in the United States.
2) This legislation could affect the relationship between the United States and ASEAN by recognizing the organization as an international organization and extending diplomatic privileges, potentially enhancing diplomatic relations.
3) This legislation could lead to potential changes in how the United States conducts business with ASEAN, as the organization would be treated as a public international organization, potentially impacting trade and economic policies.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3865 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3865
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
June 10, 2025
Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mrs. Kim) 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 of 2025'' or
the ``PARTNER with ASEAN Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE
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 new section:
``SEC. 18. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS.
``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 participation or making an appropriation
for such participation.''.
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