II 118THCONGRESS 2 DSESSION S. 5009 To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an international organization for purposes of the International Organi- zations Immunities Act, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER10, 2024 Ms. D UCKWORTHintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide for the treatment of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as an international organization for pur- poses of the International Organizations Immunities Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Appropriate 4 Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations 5 with ASEAN Act’’ or the ‘‘PARTNER with ASEAN Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:11 Sep 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S5009.IS S5009 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •S 5009 IS SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST 1 ASIAN NATIONS. 2 The provisions of the International Organizations Im-3 munities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) may be extended to 4 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the same 5 manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same con-6 ditions as such provisions may be extended to a public 7 international organization in which the United States par-8 ticipates pursuant to any treaty or under the authority 9 of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or 10 making an appropriation for such participation. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:11 Sep 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S5009.IS S5009 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS