# 119-hr-4490: PARTNER Act

119-hr-4490, PARTNER Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX); status passed_house (as of 2026-09-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4490
- Congress: 119
- Title: PARTNER Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-07-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-08

## Summary

**Extends IOIA diplomatic privileges and immunities to five international organizations.** It authorizes the President to apply the International Organizations Immunities Act to ASEAN, CERN, the Pacific Islands Forum, and CARICOM, and it expands the African Union's privileges for its New York observer mission. - Organizations and their personnel: Allows ASEAN, CERN, the Pacific Islands Forum, and CARICOM to receive the same IOIA protections that other public international organizations get when the President chooses to extend them. - African Union observer mission: Treats the AU's permanent observer mission in New York and its members like the permanent missions of UN member states for privileges and immunities, subject to corresponding conditions. - Executive authority: Gives the President explicit power to set the terms and conditions for extending IOIA protections to these organizations.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Diplomatic-style protections for certain international groups: benefit, low. If enacted, the President could extend diplomatic-style privileges to ASEAN, CERN, the Pacific Islands Forum, and CARICOM under the existing IOIA framework. The President would set the terms and conditions. The bill would also allow the African Union Mission and its permanent observer mission to th…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-4490 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4490)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4490 (as of 2026-09-08).