HR 4281 United States House · 117th Congress

Tibet Independence Act

Summary

Tibet Independence Act This bill addresses and imposes sanctions relating to Tibet. The bill states that it is U.S. policy to affirm that China's territorial claims over Tibet are invalid and without merit. It also authorizes the President to recognize Tibet as a separate and independent country. The President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that are knowingly responsible for or complicit in supporting the Chinese Communist Party's occupation of Tibet.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Jun 2021

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Introduced Jun 30, 2021 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Committee

Nov 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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Jun 30, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Jun 30, 2021

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors