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Strengthening Science Through Diplomacy Act of 2025

To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend certain privileges and immunities to the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

Introduced Jul 10, 2025

Latest action (Jul 10, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary
  • Amends the International Organizations Immunities Act to authorize the President to extend privileges and immunities to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
  • Allows CERN to receive the same privileges and immunities as other public international organizations in which the United States participates.
  • Grants the President discretion to determine the specific terms and conditions for extending these privileges and immunities to CERN.

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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  2. Jul 10, 2025 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jul 10, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 10, 2025

Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, and Mr. Foster) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend certain privileges and immunities to the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

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 Science Through Diplomacy Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE CONSEIL EUROPEEN POUR LA RECHERCHE NUCLEAIRE (CERN; THE EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH).

The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “Sec. 21. Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, the President is authorized to extend the provisions of this title to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) 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.”. <all>

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