,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #h1
 #bjah,mr4 ,leahy 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 and ,mr4 ,rubio7
 submitted the following resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,relations  ,,resolution       
,commemorating the #eith anniversary of 
,tibet's #aiei uprising as 8,tibetan    
,rights ,day01 and expressing support   
for the human rights and religious      
freedom of the ,tibetan people and the  
,tibetan ,buddhist faith community4     
,whereas ,march #aj1 #bjah1 marks the   
#eith anniversary of the #aiei uprising 
in ,tibet1 during which the people of   
,lhasa1 fearing for the life of the     
,dalai ,lama1 surrounded his residence1 
organized a guard1 and called for the   
withdrawal of ,chinese forces from      
,tibet and the restoration of ,tibet's  
freedom2 ,whereas ,chinese statistics   
estimate #hg1jjj ,tibetans were killed1 
arrested1 or deported to labor camps    

during the suppression of the #aiei     
uprising1 which also forced the ,dalai  
,lama and tens of thousands of other    
,tibetans to flee into exile2 ,whereas  
,march #aj1 #bjah1 also marks the #ajth 
anniversary of a series of protests in  
,lhasa1 which spread across ,tibet1 and 
which were suppressed by ,chinese       
forces2 ,whereas1 according to the      
,department of ,state1 the ,government  
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china is 
engaged in the severe repression of     
,tibet's unique religious1 cultural1 and
 linguistic heritage1 and is engaged in 
gross violations of human rights in     
,tibet1 including extrajudicial         
detentions1 disappearances1 and torture2
 ,whereas1 in the #aj years since the   
#bjjh protests1 at least #aeb ,tibetans 
in ,tibet are known to have             
self-immolated1 with statements or      
records left by these self-immolators   
calling for freedom for ,tibet and the  
return of the ,dalai ,lama2 ,whereas1 in
 #aifa1 with the support of the ,united 

,states1 the ,united ,nations ,general  
,assembly recognized the ,tibetan       
people's fundamental human rights and   
freedoms1 including the right to        
self-determination2 ,whereas1 on        
,october #ah1 #bjjg1 ,congress awarded  
the ,congressional ,gold ,medal to the  
,dalai ,lama1 finding that he is        
recognized around the world as a leading
 figure of moral and religious          
authority1 and is the unrivaled         
spiritual and cultural leader of the    
,tibetan people2 ,whereas ,buddhists in 
,tibet1 the ,united ,states1 ,india1    
,nepal1 ,bhutan1 ,mongolia1 ,russia1 and
 other countries where followers of     
,tibetan ,buddhism reside look to the   
,dalai ,lama for religious leadership   
and spiritual guidance2 ,whereas1 in its
 #bjag annual report1 the ,united       
,states ,commission on ,international   
,religious ,freedom noted that the      
,chinese government claims the power to 
select the next ,dalai ,lama with the   
help of a law that grants the government

 authority over reincarnations1 which   
purports to require all ,tibetan        
,buddhist leaders to obtain the approval
 of the ,government of the ,people's    
,republic of ,china in order to         
reincarnate2 ,whereas the ,government of
 the ,people's ,republic of ,china has  
interfered in the identification and    
installation of reincarnated leaders of 
,tibetan ,buddhism1 as part of its      
efforts to maintain control over ,tibet1
 including in #aiie arbitrarily         
detaining the recently identified #aath 
,panchen ,lama1 then a #f-year-old boy1 
and purporting to install ,china's own  
candidate as ,panchen ,lama2 ,whereas1  
in #bjaa1 the #adth ,dalai ,lama        
declared that the responsibility for    
identifying a future #aeth ,dalai ,lama 
will rest with officials of the ,dalai  
,lama's private office and that apart   
from the reincarnation recognized       
through such legitimate methods1 no     
recognition or acceptance should be     
given to a candidate chosen for         

political ends by anyone1 including     
those in the ,people's ,republic of     
,china2 ,whereas1 in #aiha1 the ,united 
,nations ,general ,assembly passed the  
,declaration on the ,elimination of all 
,forms of ,intolerance and of           
,discrimination ,based on ,religion or  
,belief1 which provides that freedom of 
religion shall include the freedom to   
train1 appoint1 elect or designate by   
succession appropriate leaders called   
for by the requirements and standards of
 any religion or belief2 and ,whereas   
,congress has long held that the right  
to freedom of religion undergirds the   
very origin and existence of the ,united
 ,states1 and that freedom of religious 
belief and practice is a universal human
 right and fundamental freedom3 ,now1   
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 recognizes ,march #aj1 #bjah1 as   
,tibetan ,rights ,day2  7#b7 affirms its
 recognition of ,his ,holiness the #adth
 ,dalai ,lama for his outstanding       
contributions to peace1 nonviolence1    

human rights1 and religious             
understanding2  7#c7 affirms its support
 for the ,tibetan people's fundamental  
human rights and freedoms1 including    
their right to self-determination and   
the protection of their distinct        
religious1 cultural1 linguistic1 and    
national identity2  7#d7 expresses its  
sense that the identification and       
installation of ,tibetan ,buddhist      
religious leaders1 including a future   
#aeth ,dalai ,lama1 is a matter that    
should be determined solely within the  
,tibetan ,buddhist faith community1 in  
accordance with the inalienable right to
 religious freedom2  7#e7 expresses its 
sense that any attempt by the           
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china to identify or install its own
 candidate as a ,tibetan ,buddhist      
religious leader1 including a future    
#aeth ,dalai ,lama1 is invalid          
interference in the right to religious  
freedom of ,tibetan ,buddhists around   
the world1 including in ,tibet as well  

as the ,united ,states and elsewhere2   
and  7#f7 calls on the ,secretary of    
,state to fully implement the provisions
 of the ,tibetan ,policy ,act of #bjjb  
7subtitle ,b of title ,,vi of ,public   
,law #ajg-bbh2 #bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fija et   
seq471 in cooperation with like-minded  
states where appropriate1 including     
that--  7,a7 representatives of the     
,united ,states ,government in exchanges
 with officials of the ,government of   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china should
 call for and otherwise promote the     
cessation of all interference by the    
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china or the ,chinese ,communist    
,party in the religious affairs of the  
,tibetan people2  7,b7 the ,united      
,states ,ambassador to the ,people's    
,republic of ,china should meet with the
 #aath ,panchen ,lama1 who was          
arbitrarily detained on ,may #ag1 #aiie1
 and otherwise ascertain information    
concerning his whereabouts and          
well-being2 and  7,c7 the ,secretary of 

,state should make best efforts to      
establish an office in ,lhasa1 ,tibet1  
to monitor political1 economic1 and     
cultural developments in ,tibet4