Signing Statement 2024-004

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Text of the Document from the White House website

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Statement from President Joe Biden on S. 138, the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act”  

BRIEFING ROOM  •  STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

Today, I have signed into law S. 138, the “Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act” (the “Act”).  I share the Congress’s bipartisan commitment to advancing the human rights of Tibetans and supporting efforts to preserve their distinct linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage.  My Administration will continue to call on the People’s Republic of China to resume direct dialogue, without preconditions, with the Dalai Lama, or his representatives, to seek a settlement that resolves differences and leads to a negotiated agreement on Tibet.  The Act does not change longstanding bipartisan United States policy to recognize the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas of China as part of the People’s Republic of China –- a policy decision that falls within my authority to recognize foreign states and the territorial bounds of such states.  

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

THE WHITE HOUSE,    

   July 12, 2024.


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Text of the Affected Law

S. 138, the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, has been designated as public law number 118-70.

The text of the law is available from Congress and the Government Printing Office (GPO), as follows:

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