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Creates a legal pathway for the President to extend the United States’ existing immunities and privileges under the International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA) to three additional international organizations: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). The President may decide the terms and the extent of those protections, and may make them the same as protections already given to other public international organizations the United States participates in. The change is limited to adding authorization in the IOIA to cover these organizations. It does not itself appropriate money, change taxes, or impose new duties on state or local governments. Implementation would occur through executive action (a Presidential determination) setting the terms and scope of immunity and privileges for each organization.
Authorizes the President, under terms and conditions the President determines, to extend the provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions as those applied to other public international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to a treaty or an Act of Congress (including appropriations).
Authorizes the President, under terms and conditions the President determines, to extend the provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions as those applied to other public international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to a treaty or an Act of Congress (including appropriations).
Authorizes the President, under terms and conditions the President determines, to extend the provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions as those applied to other public international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to a treaty or an Act of Congress (including appropriations).
Primary impacts: the three named international organizations (ASEAN, CERN, PIF), their missions and personnel operating in or interacting with the United States, and U.S. institutions that may litigate against or regulate those organizations. Extending IOIA protections generally limits the ability of private parties and some government entities to sue or attach assets of a recognized organization in U.S. courts, and may provide tax and other operational privileges. Federal agencies that interact with these organizations (e.g., State, Justice, Treasury) may need to adjust procedures to reflect new immunities, and courts will apply the scope of any immunity as set by the Presidential determination.
Secondary impacts: universities, research institutions, and private parties that do business or collaborate with CERN (or regional partners under ASEAN/PIF) may see procedural changes in dispute resolution or liability risk if immunities are extended. Fiscal impact is likely minimal because the measure does not authorize new spending; any administrative costs would be modest and handled within existing agency budgets. Political or diplomatic impacts could be positive (facilitating cooperation) or raise debate in specific cases where immunities shield actions from legal review, but overall this is a routine foreign-affairs/legal recognition mechanism rather than a large-scale policy shift.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced May 1, 2025 by James Risch · Last progress May 1, 2025
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.