[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3656 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 688
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3656


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2002

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

                            October 8, 2002

                Reported by Mr. Biden, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for 
      the applicability of that Act to the European Central Bank.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK UNDER THE 
              INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IMMUNITIES ACT.

    The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 15. The provisions of this title may be extended to the 
European Central Bank in the same manner, to the same extent, and 
subject to the same conditions, as they 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.




                                                       Calendar No. 688

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3656

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                                 AN ACT

To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for 
      the applicability of that Act to the European Central Bank.

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                            October 8, 2002

                       Reported without amendment