3.0.0 65 2023-01-11T13:34:10Z 2023-01-11T13:34:10Z House HRES 2017-01-27 115 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa05 Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-16T22:05:19Z hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-16T21:58:50Z Referred to 2017-01-27T19:02:30Z 2017-02-16 hsfa05 Indo-Pacific Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. Committee 2017-02-16 hsfa16 Africa Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations. Committee 2017-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2017-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 7 N M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2017-03-29 False N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 1 2017-03-29 False International Affairs Asia China Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Human rights Protest and dissent Religion Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Tibet International Affairs 00 2017-01-27 Introduced in House 2017-02-04T14:54:57Z Urges the President to: (1) seek an independent inquiry into Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's death, and (2) publicly call for an end to China's repressive policies in Tibet each time the President meets with Chinese officials.

Urges China to halt suppression of the religious, cultural, social, economic, and environmental rights of the Tibetan people in Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's home regions of Lithang and Nyagchu and across all areas of traditional Tibet.

Declares that violations of human rights in general and the persecution of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, his family, and his supporters are matters of worldwide concern.

]]> Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to publicly call for an end to the repressive policies used by the People's Republic of China in Tibet. Display Title Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to publicly call for an end to the repressive policies used by the People's Republic of China in Tibet. Official Title as Introduced Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to publicly call for an end to the repressive policies used by the People's Republic of China in Tibet. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hres65ih/xml/BILLS-115hres65ih.xml 2017-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.