Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
Latest action · Feb 26, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 15, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
This bill addresses issues relating to Tibet, including by establishing a statutory definition of Tibet that includes areas in Chinese provinces outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).
For the purposes of U.S. policies and activities relating to Tibet, this bill defines Tibet to include the TAR and specified areas designated by China's government as Tibetan Autonomous in Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. (Generally, when China's government refers to Tibet, it means only the TAR, although there are also predominantly Tibetan prefectures and counties designated as Tibetan Autonomous by China's government and reflected in this bill's definition of Tibet. China's government formally established the TAR in 1965.)
Furthermore, the responsibilities of the Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues shall include working to ensure that U.S. government statements and documents counter disinformation about Tibet by China's government and the Chinese Communist Party, including disinformation about Tibet's history and institutions.
This bill also states that it is U.S. policy that the dispute between Tibet and China must be resolved in accordance with international law by peaceful means through dialogue without preconditions.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 53 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed392–28 | Feb 15, 2024 |
Cosponsors 42
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jan 26, 2023 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 1, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 10, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Mar 28, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Mar 29, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 10, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Apr 25, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 26, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 26, 2023 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | May 9, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | May 9, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | May 24, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Feb 13, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 26, 2023Markup Nov 29, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2024 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Feb 15, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H661-662)
- Feb 15, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 392 - 28 (Roll no. 53). (text: 2/13/2024 CR H555-556)
- Feb 15, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 13, 2024Mrs. Kim (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H661enact | — | Feb 15, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H555–H558Text printed H555 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, James P. McGovern D-MA, Kathy E. Manning D-NC, Young Kim R-CA | Feb 13, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 15, 2023H.R. 533, Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 29, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 17, January 26, 2023, page H428.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-047 | EXPLORING SBA PROGRAMS: REVIEWING THE SBIC AND SBIR PROGRAMS' IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES189 pages | Small Business Committee | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-64 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES201 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Nov 29, 2023 |
| — | PRESERVING TIBET: COMBATING CULTURAL ERASURE, FORCED ASSIMILATION, AND TRANSNATIONAL REPRESSION55 pages | Congressional-Executive Commission on China | Mar 28, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8365 | Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 13, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2024Referred in Senate
- Feb 15, 2024Engrossed in House
- Jan 26, 2023Introduced in House
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 bill 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.
