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Executive Order 13097: Interparliamentary Union

President: Bill Clinton

Designated the Interparliamentary Union as a public international organization entitled to specified US legal privileges and immunities.

Status: In effect.

Is Executive Order 13097 still in effect? Yes. Active designation; current State Department guidance continues to cite EO 13097.

What does Executive Order 13097 do?

EO 13097 designated the Interparliamentary Union under the International Organizations Immunities Act. That status gives the organization and qualifying representatives access to the Act’s privileges, exemptions and immunities, subject to the statute and any limitations in the order. The designation does not make the IPU part of the US government. Current State Department visa guidance still lists the IPU and EO 13097.

Administration position: Designation supplies only the legal protections authorized by statute; it does not endorse every IPU position or give blanket immunity to every visitor connected with a parliament.
SignedAugust 7, 1998
StatuteInternational Organizations Immunities Act
OrganizationInterparliamentary Union

Before and after

Before the order

The IPU operated internationally but lacked this US designation under the Immunities Act.

After the order

The organization and qualifying participants could receive the Act’s specified US privileges and immunities.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Federal agenciesRecognize the statutory designationContinuing
State DepartmentApply relevant visa and diplomatic guidanceContinuing
IPU and qualifying representativesUse protections within statutory scopeAs applicable

What happened next

EO 13097 made the designation.

The order was published in the Federal Register.