{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-533","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 533","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-01-26","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-02-15","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h53","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act","result":"Passed","yea":392,"nay":28,"present":0,"not_voting":11,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll053.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2024-02-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-02-15","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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)."},{"k":"p","t":"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.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, the responsibilities of the Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues shall include working to ensure that U.S. government statements and documents counter disinformation about Tibet by China's government and the Chinese Communist Party, including disinformation about Tibet's history and institutions."},{"k":"p","t":"This bill also states that it is U.S. policy that the dispute between Tibet and China must be resolved in accordance with international law by peaceful means through dialogue without preconditions."}],"words":190},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to add efforts to counter disinformation about Tibet to certain duties, define \"Tibet\" for that Act, and state United States policy on resolving the dispute between Tibet and the People's Republic of China.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H78BF27D48CD740E2B9549BAAAF5F19B9"},{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H2EB26DB570F64C5B8B0D3DF239258162"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H336F7AB0D02D47F49AA3A3A4DE4AC47B"}]},"core_areas":["Countering disinformation about Tibet","Definition of Tibet in the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002","United States policy on Tibet-China dialogue","Duties of the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that it is United States policy that the dispute between Tibet and the People's Republic of China must be resolved in accordance with international law, by peaceful means, through dialogue without preconditions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H78BF27D48CD740E2B9549BAAAF5F19B9"}},{"text":"Adds efforts to counter disinformation about Tibet from the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party to the list of matters in section 613(b) of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H2EB26DB570F64C5B8B0D3DF239258162"}},{"text":"Adds a duty for the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to work with relevant Department of State bureaus and the United States Agency for International Development so that United States Government statements and documents counter, as appropriate, disinformation about Tibet.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H2EB26DB570F64C5B8B0D3DF239258162"}},{"text":"Defines \"Tibet\" for the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 as the Tibet Autonomous Region plus areas designated Tibetan Autonomous by the Government of the People's Republic of China as of 2018 in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H2EB26DB570F64C5B8B0D3DF239258162"}},{"text":"Authorizes amounts made available under section 346 of subtitle E of title III of division FF of Public Law 116–260 to be made available to counter disinformation about Tibet from the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H336F7AB0D02D47F49AA3A3A4DE4AC47B"}},{"text":"States the sense of Congress that United States public diplomacy efforts should counter disinformation about Tibet from the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh#H6D40839466FB468F857B233F1141BAB7"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-02-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/533/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-533.png","v":"fae74ddf94f8","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 533, 118th Congress: Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act. House: 392 Yea, 28 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Feb 2024."}}