,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #cj1 #bjba,mr4 
,perry 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 and 
,mr4 ,des,jarlais7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on the   
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to impose sanctions on      
persons who are knowingly responsible   
for or complicit in1 or have directly or
 indirectly engaged in1 supporting the  
illegal occupation of ,tibet1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,tibet         
,independence ,act4  #b4 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,congress listed ,tibet as a separate   
country from the ,people's ,republic of 
,china in the ,export-,import ,bank ,act

 ,amendments of #aihf4  7#b7 ,the       
,foreign ,relations ,authorization ,act1
 ,fiscal ,years #aiib and #aiic declares
 that ,congress views ,tibet as an      
occupied country1 and that ,china's     
control of ,tibet remains illegal under 
international law4  7#c7 ,the ,foreign  
,relations ,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal 
,years #aiib and #aiic further          
establishes that it is the policy of the
 ,united ,states to oppose aggression   
and other illegal uses of force by one  
country against the sovereignty of      
another as a manner of acquiring        
territory1 and to condemn violations of 
international law1 including the illegal
 occupation of one country by another4  
7#d7 ,the ,foreign ,relations           
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years     
#aiid and #aiie conveyed the ,sense of  
,congress that the ,united ,states      
should seek to establish a dialogue with
 those recognized by ,congress as the   
true representatives of the ,tibetan    
people1 the ,dalai ,lama1 his           

representatives and the ,tibetan        
,government in ,exile4  7#e7 ,on        
,november #ah1 #bjbj1 the ,united       
,states ,house of ,representatives      
approved without objection ,h4 ,res4    
#fig1 which affirms the cultural and    
religious significance of the goal of   
genuine autonomy for the people of      
,tibet and the deep bond between the    
,american and ,tibetan people4  7#f7 ,in
 #aiea1 the ,people's ,republic of      
,china coerced ,tibetan representatives 
to sign1 under duress1 an unlawful      
settlement known as the ,seventeen      
,point ,agreement4 ,this agreement      
states that the ,tibetan people have the
 right to exercise national regional    
autonomy under the unified leadership of
 the ,central ,people's ,government and 
additionally1 that the central          
authorities will not alter the existing 
political system in ,tibet4  7#g7 ,the  
establishment of the independent state  
of ,tibet predates the #aiea ,seventeen 
,point ,agreement by many hundreds of   

years4  7#h7 ,in rejecting the          
seven-decade long illegal occupation of 
,tibet by the forces of the ,chinese    
,communist ,party1 the ,united ,states  
of ,america would provide relief to a   
long-suffering people and reinforce its 
reputation as a strident defender of    
global human rights4  7#i7 ,it would    
benefit the national security of the    
,united ,states to recognize ,tibet1    
which comprises the original three      
,tibetan provinces of ,amdo1 ,kham1 and 
,u-,tsang1 as a separate1 independent   
country4  #c4 ,statement of policy2     
authorization2 sense of congress  7a7   
,it is the policy of the ,united ,states
 to-- 7#a7 acknowledge that ,tibet was  
an independent country prior to the     
,people's ,republic of ,china's illegal 
occupation of ,tibet's sovereign        
territory in #aiea2  7#b7 affirm that   
all territorial claims by the ,people's 
,republic of ,china over the area known 
as ,tibet1 which comprises the original 
three ,tibetan provinces of ,amdo1      

,kham1 and ,u-,tsang1 are invalid and   
without merit2 and  7#c7 recognize that 
the democratically elected government of
 ,tibet1 presently named as the ,central
 ,tibetan ,administration1 is the only  
governing authority of ,tibet4  7b7     
,authorization ,the ,president is       
authorized to recognize ,tibet1 which   
comprises the original ,tibetan         
provinces of ,amdo1 ,kham1 and          
,u-,tsang1 as a separate1 independent   
country1 in accordance with subsection  
7a71 immediately upon enactment of this 
,act4  7c7 ,sense of congress ,the      
,president of the ,united ,states should
 invite the incumbent ,sikyong          
7,president7 of ,tibet to the ,united   
,states for an official state visit no  
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act4  #d4           
,imposition of sanctions with respect to
 the continued illegal occupation of    
,tibet  7a7 ,imposition of sanctions    
,the ,president shall impose the        
sanctions described in subsection 7c7   

with respect to each foreign person     
included in the most recent list        
submitted pursuant to subsection 7b74   
7b7 ,list of persons  7#a7 ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a list of      
foreign persons1 including senior       
government officials1 military leaders1 
and other persons1 who the ,president   
determines are knowingly responsible for
 or complicit in1 or have directly or   
indirectly engaged in1 supporting the   
,chinese ,communist ,party's illegal    
occupation of ,tibet4  7#b7 ,updates of 
lists ,the ,president shall submit to   
the appropriate congressional committees
 an updated list under paragraph 7#a7-- 
7,a7 not later than #ahj days after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
annually thereafter for #e years2 or    
7,b7 as new information becomes         
available4  7#c7 ,form ,the list        
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall be     

submitted in unclassified form1 but may 
include a classified annex4  7c7        
,sanctions described ,the sanctions     
described in this subsection are the    
following3 7#a7 ,blocking of property   
,the ,president shall exercise all of   
the powers granted to the ,president by 
the ,international ,emergency ,economic 
,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et    
seq47 7except that the requirements of  
section #bjb of such ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4
 #agja7 shall not apply7 to the extent  
necessary to block and prohibit all     
transactions in property and interests  
in property of the person if such       
property and interests in property are  
in the ,united ,states1 come within the 
,united ,states1 or are or come within  
the possession or control of a ,united  
,states person4  7#b7 ,inadmissibility  
of certain individuals  7,a7            
,ineligibility for visas1 admission1 or 
parole ,a foreign person included in the
 most recent list submitted pursuant to 
subsection 7b7 is-- 7i7 inadmissible to 

the ,united ,states2  7ii7 ineligible to
 receive a visa or other documentation  
to enter the ,united ,states2 and  7iii7
 otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 
paroled into the ,united ,states or to  
receive any other benefit under the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et seq474  7,b7 ,current
 visas revoked ,a foreign person        
described in subparagraph 7,a7 is also  
subject to the following3 7i7           
,revocation of any visa or other entry  
documentation regardless of when the    
visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued4  7ii7 ,a revocation under   
clause 7i7 shall take effect immediately
 and automatically cancel any other     
valid visa or entry documentation that  
is in the foreign person's possession4  
7#c7 ,exception ,sanctions under        
paragraph 7#b7 shall not apply to an    
alien if admitting or paroling the alien
 into the ,united ,states is necessary  
to permit the ,united ,states to comply 
with the ,agreement regarding the       

,headquarters of the ,united ,nations1  
signed at ,lake ,success ,june #bf1     
#aidg1 and entered into force ,november 
#ba1 #aidg1 between the ,united ,nations
 and the ,united ,states1 or other      
applicable international obligations of 
the ,united ,states4  7d7 ,penalties    
,the penalties provided for in          
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #bjf 
of the ,international ,emergency        
,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4   
#agje7 shall apply to a person who      
violates1 attempts to violate1 conspires
 to violate1 or causes a violation of   
regulations promulgated to carry out    
subsection 7a7 to the same extent that  
such penalties apply to a person who    
commits an unlawful act described in    
section #bjf7;a7 of that ,act4  7e7     
,exception ,to comply with national     
security ,the following activities shall
 be exempt from sanctions under this    
section3 7#a7 ,activities subject to the
 reporting requirements under title ,v  
of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg

 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjia et seq474  7#b7   
,any authorized intelligence or law     
enforcement activities of the ,united   
,states4  7f7 ,waiver  7#a7 ,in general 
,the ,president may waive1 for one or   
more periods not to exceed #ij days1 the
 application of sanctions imposed on a  
foreign person under this section if the
 ,president-- 7,a7 determines that such 
a waiver is in the national interest of 
the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7 not later
 than the date on which such waiver will
 take effect1 submits to the appropriate
 congressional committees a notice of   
and justification for such waiver4  #e4 
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs and the ,committee on          
,financial ,services of the ,house of   
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations and   
the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1   
and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate4