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an assessment of the level of access Chinese authorities granted 
diplomats and other officials, journalists, and tourists from the 
United States to Tibetan areas, including— 
(1) a comparison with the level of access granted to other 
areas of China; 
(2) a comparison between the levels of access granted to 
Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in relevant provinces; 
(3) a comparison of the level of access in the reporting 
year and the previous reporting year; and 
(4) a description of the required permits and other meas-
ures that impede the freedom to travel in Tibetan areas. 
(b) CONSOLIDATION.—After the issuance of the first report 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State is authorized 
to incorporate subsequent reports required by subsection (a) into 
other publicly available, annual reports produced by the Depart-
ment of State, provided they are submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees in a manner specifying that they are 
being submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of this Act. 
SEC. 5. INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN ALIENS. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY
FOR VISAS.—No individual whom the Sec-
retary of State has determined to be substantially involved in 
the formulation or execution of policies related to access for for-
eigners to Tibetan areas may be eligible to receive a visa to enter 
the United States or be admitted to the United States if the Sec-
retary of State determines that— 
(1)(A) the requirement for specific official permission for 
foreigners to enter the Tibetan Autonomous Region remains 
in effect; or 
(B) such requirement has been replaced by a regulation 
that has a similar effect and requires foreign travelers to gain 
a level of permission to enter the Tibet Autonomous Region 
that is not required for travel to other provinces in China; 
and 
(2) restrictions on travel by diplomats and other officials, 
journalists, and citizens of the United States to areas des-
ignated as ‘‘Tibetan Autonomous’’ in the provinces of Sichuan, 
Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu of China are greater than any 
restrictions on travel by such officials and citizens to areas 
in such provinces that are not so designated. 
(b) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—The Secretary of State shall 
revoke, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the visa or other documentation 
to enter or be present in the United States issued for an alien 
who would be ineligible to receive such a visa or documentation 
under subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
the following five years, the Secretary of State shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying the 
individuals who have had visas denied or revoked pursuant to 
this section during the preceding year and, to the extent practicable, 
a list of Chinese officials who were substantially involved in the 
formulation or execution of policies to restrict access of United 
States diplomats and other officials, journalists, and citizens of 
the United States to Tibetan areas. The report required by this
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subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
application of subsection (a) or (b) in the case of an alien 
if the Secretary determines that such a waiver— 
(A) is necessary to permit the United States to comply 
with the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947 (TIAS 1676), 
or any other applicable international obligation of the 
United States; or 
(B) is in the national interest of the United States. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Upon granting a waiver under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a document detailing the evidence 
and justification for the necessity of such waiver, including, 
if such waiver is granted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), how 
such waiver relates to the national interest of the United States. 
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, when 
granting diplomats and other officials from China access to parts 
of the United States, including consular access, should take into 
account the extent to which the Government of China grants dip-
lomats and other officials from the United States access to parts 
of China, including the level of access afforded to such diplomats 
and other officials to Tibetan areas. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.