{"format":1,"id":"118-s-138","congress":118,"number":"S. 138","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","official_title":"A bill to amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of that Act."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","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 Reported to Senate","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 118-70","introduced":"2023-01-30","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-06-12","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h252","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act","result":"Passed","yea":391,"nay":26,"present":0,"not_voting":14,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll252.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2024-05-23","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3898-3899; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3898)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2024-07-12"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 118-70.","date":"2024-07-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-07-12","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act 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 a federal law concerning U.S. policies and activities relating to Tibet, this act defines Tibet to include the TAR and the Tibetan areas of the Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. (Generally, when China's government refers to Tibet, it means only the TAR, but it recognizes the areas included in this act's definition as Tibetan. China's government formally established the TAR in 1965.)"},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, the duties of the Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues shall include working with relevant bureaus in the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to ensure that U.S. government statements and documents counter, as appropriate, disinformation about Tibet by China's government and the Chinese Communist Party, including disinformation about Tibet's history and institutions."}],"words":163},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to add a definition of Tibet, add efforts to counter disinformation about Tibet to the Act's provisions on negotiations and on the Special Coordinator, and state related findings, policy and sense of Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id38adcd41e8aa4da0a2c6bd90dd4df0df:~:text=5.%20Modifications%20to%20the%20Tibetan%20Policy%20Act"},{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id24998f479a9641c6bcd48c052cb5851a:~:text=6.%20Availability%20of%20amounts%20to%20counter%20disinformation"}]},"core_areas":["Definition of Tibet in the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002","Countering disinformation about Tibet","Duties of the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues","Statement of United States policy on Tibet and dialogue with the Dalai Lama"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a new section to the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 defining Tibet as the Tibet Autonomous Region and the areas the Government of the People's Republic of China designated as Tibetan Autonomous as of 2018 in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id38adcd41e8aa4da0a2c6bd90dd4df0df:~:text=5.%20Modifications%20to%20the%20Tibetan%20Policy%20Act"}},{"text":"Adds a new 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/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id38adcd41e8aa4da0a2c6bd90dd4df0df:~:text=5.%20Modifications%20to%20the%20Tibetan%20Policy%20Act"}},{"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/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id38adcd41e8aa4da0a2c6bd90dd4df0df:~:text=5.%20Modifications%20to%20the%20Tibetan%20Policy%20Act"}},{"text":"Authorizes amounts made available under section 346 of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 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/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id24998f479a9641c6bcd48c052cb5851a:~:text=6.%20Availability%20of%20amounts%20to%20counter%20disinformation"}},{"text":"States as United States policy that the Tibetan people have a distinct religious, cultural, linguistic and historical identity, and that the dispute between Tibet and the People's Republic of China must be resolved by peaceful means through dialogue without preconditions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text/enr#id1380396d494643ad938828b6f417115e:~:text=3.%20Statement%20of%20policy"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/138/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-s-138.png","v":"0cdabab75c19","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 138, 118th Congress: Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act. House: 391 Yea, 26 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 12 Jul 2024."}}