Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 20, 2023
- Passed HouseMar 23, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act or the PARTNER with ASEAN Act
This bill establishes that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) shall be covered by the International Organizations Immunities Act, which provides immunities and privileges to certain international organizations, such as immunity from certain lawsuits and exemption from property taxes.
(ASEAN is Southeast Asia's primary multilateral organization. It has 10 member nations, including Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.)
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 148 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed388–33 | Mar 23, 2023 |
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2023 to Mar 21, 2023; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Jan 20, 2023 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jan 26, 2023 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jan 30, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Feb 1, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Feb 2, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Feb 2, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Feb 2, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Mar 21, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 20, 2023Markup Feb 28, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2023 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Mar 23, 2023Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1347-1348)
- Mar 23, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 33 (Roll no. 148). (text: 03/22/2023 CR H1313)
- Mar 23, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 22, 2023Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E246Recorded votes H1347enact | Joaquin Castro D-TX | Mar 23, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1313, H1314Text printed H1313 | Ann Wagner R-MO, Gregory W. Meeks D-NY, Young Kim R-CA | Mar 22, 2023 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 13, 2023H.R. 406, ASEAN ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 28, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 13, January 20, 2023, page H251.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-3 | FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP179 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Feb 28, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 682 | PARTNER with ASEAN Act | Identical bill | May 4, 2023 |
| HR 9243 | Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 7, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Referred in Senate
- Mar 23, 2023Engrossed in House
- Jan 20, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
