H.R. 3678

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3678 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3678

To provide for the treatment of the Caribbean Community 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 3, 2025

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Ms. Salazar, Mrs. Cherfilus-
McCormick, and Mr. Lawler) 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 Caribbean Community 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 ``Strengthening US-Caribbean 
Partnership Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.

The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 20. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE 
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.

``Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, 
the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this title to 
the Caribbean Community 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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