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Whereas, upon his arrival in India, the Dalai Lama declared 
that he could do more to champion the rights, including 
the right of self-determination, of the Tibetan people in 
exile than by remaining inside territory occupied by the 
Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); 
Whereas in the intervening years the PRC has persistently 
sought to erase the religious, cultural, linguistic, and his-
torical identity of the Tibetan people; 
Whereas this attempt at erasure includes separating up to 
1,000,000 Tibetan children from their families and forc-
ing them to enroll in schools that teach principally in 
Mandarin, seeking to undermine the transmission of Ti-
betan language and alienate Tibetan youth from their 
culture, which if successful would contribute to the ero-
sion of the identity of the entire people; 
Whereas, as a result of PRC policies, at least 1,800,000 Ti-
betan nomads have been forced into concentrated settle-
ments without compensation nor guarantees of income or 
employment, contributing to their vulnerability to coer-
cive labor programs; 
Whereas the Government of the PRC routinely interferes 
with religious practices of the Tibetan people thus vio-
lating the right to freedom of religion which is vital to 
Tibetan spiritual education and expression; 
Whereas Freedom House’s ‘‘Freedom of the World 2024’’ re-
port scores Tibet as 0 out of 100, the worst rating in at 
least 8 years; 
Whereas a notable and recent instance of Chinese suppres-
sion of Tibetan rights is the decision of the PRC to un-
dertake a hydropower dam construction project in the 
eastern Tibetan area of Derge that would reportedly 
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cause the displacement of approximately 2,000 Tibetans 
from their homes and destroy 6 historical monasteries 
holding numerous artifacts of religious significance, in-
cluding murals that date back to the 13th century, 
prompting mass protests against the project; 
Whereas in response to the protests in Derge, on February 
23, 2024, Chinese authorities forcibly detained more than 
1,000 Tibetans; 
Whereas the judiciary in the PRC is not independent; 
Whereas cases of arbitrary detention, disappearance, and tor-
ture of Tibetans are frequent and well-documented; and 
Whereas, over the years, Congress has consistently and 
strongly condemned the Chinese Government’s repression 
of the human rights of the Tibetan people: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 65th anniversary of the flight 
from Tibet of Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th 
Dalai Lama, in response to the People’s Republic of 
China’s military aggression; 
(2) confirms its longstanding support for the 
human rights, including the right of self-determina-
tion, of the Tibetan people; 
(3) condemns the People’s Republic of China’s 
persistent efforts to erase the Tibetan people’s dis-
tinct religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical 
identity, most recently through the proposed hydro-
power dam construction in the eastern Tibetan area 
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of Derge that would reportedly cause the displace-
ment of approximately 2,000 Tibetans from their 
homes and destroy 6 historical monasteries and arti-
facts of religious significance; 
(4) condemns the arbitrary detention on Feb-
ruary 23, 2024, of those protesting the hydropower 
dam construction project in Derge; 
(5) expresses grave concern for the well-being of 
the protesters and those who provided video and 
photographic evidence of the events as they un-
folded; 
(6) demands that the People’s Republic of 
China immediately release all prisoners of conscience 
in China, including those detained in the February 
2024 protests against the hydropower dam construc-
tion project in Derge; 
(7) demands that the People’s Republic of 
China publicly apologize for the violations of the 
rights of those who protested against the hydro-
power dam construction project in Derge, provide 
immediate redress for physical and emotional trau-
ma, and expunge from the detainees’ official records 
any mention of the arrests or charges; 
(8) calls upon the Biden administration to urge 
authorities of the People’s Republic of China to halt 
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the hydropower dam construction project in Derge 
until the views of the local Tibetan residents are 
taken into account in accordance with the provisions 
of autonomy provided to Tibetans under People’s 
Republic of China law, and to cancel construction 
unless authorities obtain the genuine consent of local 
Tibetan residents; 
(9) calls on the Biden administration to insist 
that the Government of the People’s Republic of 
China abide by its commitments to safeguard cul-
tural heritage made at the February 2023 review of 
the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, 
and Cultural Rights; and 
(10) calls upon the Biden administration to 
fully implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (22 
U.S.C. 6901 note), including the Tibet Project Prin-
ciples which require Tibetan input into development 
projects, to ensure that the People’s Republic of 
China fully respects all the human rights of the Ti-
betan people. 
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