SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting a Resolu-
tion to the Tibet-China Dispute Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It has been the long-standing policy of the 
United States to encourage meaningful and direct 
dialogue between representatives of the People’s Re-
public of China and the Dalai Lama, his or her rep-
resentatives, or democratically elected leaders of the 
Tibetan community, without preconditions, to seek a 
settlement that resolves differences. 
(2) Nine rounds of dialogue held between 2002 
and 2010 between the People’s Republic of China 
authorities and the 14th Dalai Lama’s representa-
tives failed to produce a settlement that resolved dif-
ferences, and the two sides have held no formal dia-
logue since January 2010. 
(3) An obstacle to further dialogue is that the 
Government of the People’s Republic of China con-
tinues to impose conditions on substantive dialogue 
with the Dalai Lama, including a demand that he 
say that Tibet has been part of China since ancient 
times, which the Dalai Lama has refused to do be-
cause it is inaccurate.
(4) Article 1 of the International Covenant on 
Civil and Political Rights and Article 1 of the Inter-
national Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
Rights provide that ‘‘All peoples have the right of 
self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely 
determine their political status and freely pursue 
their economic, social and cultural development.’’. 
(5) The United States Government has never 
taken the position that Tibet was a part of China 
since ancient times. 
(6) China signed the International Covenant on 
Civil and Political Rights on October 5, 1998, and 
ratified the International Covenant on Economic, 
Social and Cultural Rights on March 27, 2001. 
(7) Under international law, including United 
Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625, the 
right to self-determination is the right of a people to 
determine its own destiny and the exercise of this 
right can result in a variety of outcomes ranging 
from independence, federation, protection, some 
form of autonomy or full integration within a State. 
(8) United Nations General Assembly Resolu-
tion 1723, adopted on December 20, 1961, called for 
the ‘‘cessation of practices which deprive the Tibetan
people of their fundamental human rights and free-
doms, including their right to self-determination.’’. 
(9) Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a 
May 26, 2022, speech entitled ‘‘The Administra-
tion’s Approach to the People’s Republic of China,’’ 
said that the rules-based international order’s 
‘‘founding documents include the UN Charter and 
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which 
enshrined concepts like self-determination, sov-
ereignty, the peaceful settlement of disputes. These 
are not Western constructs. They are reflections of 
the world’s shared aspirations.’’. 
(10) The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (22 
U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by the Tibetan Pol-
icy and Support Act of 2020, in directing the United 
States Government ‘‘to promote the human rights 
and distinct religious, cultural, linguistic, and histor-
ical identity of the Tibetan people’’ acknowledges 
that the Tibetan people possess a distinct religious, 
cultural, linguistic, and historical identity. 
(11) Department of State reports on human 
rights and religious freedom have consistently docu-
mented systematic repression by the authorities of 
the People’s Republic of China against Tibetans as 
well as acts of defiance and resistance by Tibetan
people against the People’s Republic of China poli-
cies. 
(12) The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (22 
U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by the Tibetan Pol-
icy and Support Act of 2020, specifies that the cen-
tral objective of the United States Special Coordi-
nator for Tibetan Issues is to promote substantive 
dialogue between the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China and the Dalai Lama, his or her 
representatives, or democratically elected leaders of 
the Tibetan community. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) that the Tibetan people are a people with a 
distinct religious, cultural, linguistic and historical 
identity; 
(2) that the dispute between Tibet and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China must be resolved in accord-
ance with international law, including the United 
Nations Charter, by peaceful means, through dia-
logue without preconditions; 
(3) that the People’s Republic of China should 
cease its propagation of disinformation about the 
history of Tibet, the Tibetan people, and Tibetan in-
stitutions, including that of the Dalai Lama;
(4) to encourage the People’s Republic of China 
to uphold all its obligations under the International 
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and 
Cultural Rights; and 
(5) in accordance with the Tibetan Policy and 
Support Act of 2020— 
(A) to promote substantive dialogue with-
out pre-conditions, between the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China and the Dalai 
Lama, his or her representatives, or democrat-
ically elected leaders of the Tibetan community, 
or explore activities to improve prospects for 
dialogue, that leads to a negotiated agreement 
on Tibet; 
(B) to coordinate with other governments 
in multilateral efforts towards the goal of a ne-
gotiated agreement on Tibet; and 
(C) to encourage the Government of the 
People’s Republic of China to address the aspi-
rations of the Tibetan people with regard to 
their distinct historical, cultural, religious, and 
linguistic identity. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that—