(2) TIBETAN
AREAS.—The term ‘‘Tibetan 
areas’’ includes— 
(A) the Tibet Autonomous Region; and 
(B) the areas that the Chinese Government 
designates as Tibetan Autonomous, as follows: 
(i) Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autono-
mous Prefecture, and Pari (Tianzhu) Ti-
betan Autonomous County located in 
Gansu Province. 
(ii) Golog (Guoluo) Tibetan Autono-
mous Prefecture, Malho (Huangnan) Ti-
betan Autonomous Prefecture, Tsojang 
(Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 
Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Pre-
fecture, Tsonub (Haixi) Mongolian and Ti-
betan Autonomous Prefecture, and Yulshul 
(Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 
located in Qinghai Province. 
(iii) Garze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autono-
mous Prefecture, Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan 
and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and 
Muli (Mili) Tibetan Autonomous County, 
located in Sichuan Province.
(iv) Dechen (Diqing) Tibetan Autono-
mous Prefecture, located in Yunnan Prov-
ince. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT ON ACCESS TO TIBETAN AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for the following five years, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and 
make available to the public on the website of the Depart-
ment of State, a report that includes 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 grant-
ed to other areas of China; 
(2) a comparison between the levels of access 
granted to Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in rel-
evant 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 measures 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 re-
ports produced by the Department 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 Secretary of State has determined to be substantially 
involved in the formulation or execution of policies related 
to access for foreigners to Tibetan areas may be eligible 
to receive a visa to enter the United States or be admitted 
to the United States if the Secretary of State determines 
that— 
(1)(A) the requirement for specific official per-
mission for foreigners to enter the Tibetan Autono-
mous Region remains in effect; or 
(B) such requirement has been replaced by 
a regulation that has a similar effect and re-
quires foreign travelers to gain a level of per-
mission 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 designated as ‘‘Tibetan Autono-
mous’’ 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 ineli-
gible to receive such a visa or documentation under sub-
section (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 com-
mittees 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 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 paragraph (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 con-
sular access, should take into account the extent to which 
the Government of China grants diplomats and other offi-
cials from the United States access to parts of China, in-
cluding the level of access afforded to such diplomats and 
other officials to Tibetan areas. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1872 
AN ACT 
To promote access for United States diplomats and 
other officials, journalists, and other citizens to 
Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China, 
and for other purposes.