A resolution condemning the violence in Tibet and calling for restraint by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the people of Tibet.
Latest action · Apr 9, 2008 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2826-2827; text: CR S2827)
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 7, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateApr 9, 2008
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Condemns the violence in Tibet and calls for restraint by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the people of Tibet.
Calls for: (1) a dialogue between the government of China and His Holiness the Dalai Lama on religious and cultural autonomy for Tibet within China; and (2) release of peaceful protesters.
Calls on the PRC to: (1) respect the right of the people of Tibet to speak of the Dalai Lama and possess his photograph; (2) respect basic human rights; (3) allow international journalists free access to China; and (4) provide a full accounting of the March 2008 protests in Tibet.
Calls on the Department of State to fully implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002.
Urges that the agreement permitting the PRC to open further diplomatic missions in the United States should be contingent upon establishment of a U.S. government office in Lhasa, Tibet.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2008 to Apr 10, 2008; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Apr 7, 2008 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 8, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Apr 10, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Apr 7, 2008Discharged Apr 9, 2008 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 9, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2826-2827; text: CR S2827)
- Apr 7, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Apr 7, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2639-2641)
- Apr 7, 2008Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2638-2639)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2937 | Gordon H. Smith R-OR | Apr 10, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2826, S2827Text printed S2827 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Apr 9, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2639–S2641Text printed S2638 | Dianne Feinstein D-CA | Apr 7, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-751 | THE CRISIS IN TIBET: FINDING A PATH TO PEACE85 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Apr 23, 2008 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43781 | The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002: Background and Implementation Archived | Report | Jul 9, 2015 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution condemning the violence in Tibet and calling for restraint by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the people of Tibet.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Buddhism
- China
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clergy
- Constitutions
- Detention of persons
- Diplomacy
- Dissenters
- East Asia
- Embassies
- Freedom of the press
- Government Operations and Politics
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Nonviolence
- Photography
- Political prisoners
- Political violence
- Public demonstrations
- Religion
- Religious liberty
- Reporters and reporting
- Tibet
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2008Agreed to Senate
- Apr 7, 2008Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
