{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-foreign-affairs-committee-advances-rep-castros-partner-with-asean-act", "House Foreign Affairs Committee Advances Rep. Castro\u2019s PARTNER with ASEAN Act", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "TX", "Joaquin Castro", "C001091", "castro.house.gov", "castro", "https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the bipartisan Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations (PARTNER) with ASEAN Act, legislation introduced by Reps. Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Steve Chabot (OH-01) that would strengthen relations between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by authorizing ASEAN to be designated as an international organization with diplomatic privileges and immunities consistent with the International Organization Immunities Act (IOIA). The IOIA, enacted in 1945, is how the United States provides international organizations with the rights and treatment generally accorded to embassies of countries that have diplomatic relations with the United States.\n\n\u201cDespite the longstanding, bipartisan U.S. consensus on ASEAN\u2019s vital role in the Indo-Pacific, the United States has yet to accord ASEAN the routine diplomatic privileges and immunities it deserves,\u201d said Congressman Castro. \u201cMy PARTNER with ASEAN Act would send an important message about U.S. respect for ASEAN centrality and would open the door to a more productive and efficient relationship between the U.S. and ASEAN nations. As co-chair of the ASEAN Caucus, I\u2019m glad to see the House Foreign Affairs Committee advance this important legislation, and I urge Congress to heed President Biden\u2019s call to send the PARTNER with ASEAN Act to his desk for signature.\u201d\n\nDuring the November 2022 U.S.-ASEAN Summit, the White House released a fact sheet on the U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that called for the passage of the PARTNER with ASEAN Act. To view the full fact sheet, click here.\n\nRep. Castro, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact, has introduced several pieces of legislation in recent years to strengthen the relationship between the United States and ASEAN nations, including:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://castro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/house-foreign-affairs-committee-advances-rep-castros-partner-with-asean-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6741129327565432, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}