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<dc:title>119 HR 4196 IH: African Union Diplomatic Parity Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-26</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4196</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250626">June 26, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="O000176">Mr. Olszewski</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="H001058">Mr. Huizenga</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HFA00">Committee on Foreign Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To extend certain privileges and immunities to the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H3AFED280576348AD8FDA86EF095AC1A5" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HD47EC26D67AB429D9CA90F9C36FF0970" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>African Union Diplomatic Parity Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H639FE99050BA4315930D7CF8ADD4EF89" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the African Union</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12(b) of the International Organizations Immunities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/288f-2">22 U.S.C. 288f–2(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HBE3F82C700CC475D8057F6503348FDDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>extend, to the African Union Mission</quote> and inserting</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H93FEB8A8908D42ABAFBD5635C02ED882" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">extend—</text> 
<paragraph id="HC8564BB299CD4A40A354DFA2C27AFFBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the African Union Mission</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92E731190788492BBE66D494521CE72D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H2FDD59A21D464042A816A68262F307DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCE193D852501445BA5BB9F7C3DF73C51" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF3358FD917E244969CF77D66952C15C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York, and to its members, the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the permanent missions to the United Nations of member states, and their members, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> 
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