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Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act

Also known as Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/26/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 2/15/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 392–28 on February 15, 2024 (Roll Call 53 →). Received in the Senate on February 26, 2024. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 2/15/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic207 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Not voting
  • Republican185 Yea · 28 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.)

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Sponsor
Rep. James P. McGovern ( Democrat · MA-2)
Cosponsors
42
Introduced
1/26/23
Policy area
International Affairs

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (13)
  1. 1/26/23Introduced in House
  2. 1/26/23Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  3. 11/29/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 11/29/23Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  5. 2/13/24Mrs. Kim (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  6. 2/13/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H555-558)
  7. 2/13/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 533.
  8. 2/13/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  9. 2/15/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H661-662)
  10. 2/15/24Passed/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)
  11. 2/15/24On 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)
  12. 2/15/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  13. 2/26/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.