Trustee Elections
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- RUSSIA/UKRAINE
- ISRAEL/PALESTINE
- CHINA/TIBET
Tibet has been a neighbor of China for 700 years. During most of that time it has acted as a de facto state, maintaining a separate culture and identity. These two countries peacefully coexisted for 650 years until Mao's army annexed and occupied Tibet in 1951. During the next 25 years, more than 1.2 million Tibetans were killed during the reforms of China's Cultural Revolution. The Dali Lama and the Tibetan government are currently in exile in India, along with some 10,000 Tibetans. Tibetans say the Chinese government has committed cultural genocide while attempting to assimilate Tibet under its “One China” policy. Several years ago, China constructed a railway system linking the rest of China with the frozen Tibetan plateau. Critics say this was done to strengthen its political control over Tibet and to marginalize native Tibetans by encouraging further Han migration from the rest of China. Since 2010, more than 160 Tibetans have chosen self-immolation as a way to protest against, and draw attention to, the abuses of Chinese rule. The Dalai Lama has long denied China's assertion that he's seeking Tibetan independence. He says Tibet wants only enough autonomy to protect its traditional Buddhist culture.
Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.4281 - Tibet Independence Act (117th Congress 2021-2022)
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry (PA)
Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of H.R.4281 - Tibet Independence Act (117th Congress 2021-2022)
Prospective Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry (PA)
- I oppose reforming current China/Tibet policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA).
- I support imposing sanctions on persons who are knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged in, supporting the illegal occupation of Tibet by:
1.) Requiring the President to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of foreign persons, including senior government officials, military leaders, and other persons, who the President determines are knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged in, supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s illegal occupation of Tibet.
2.) Allowing the President 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 States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.
3.) Revocation of the visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued of any such person listed.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Scott Perry (PA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support imposing sanctions on persons who are knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged in, supporting the illegal occupation of Tibet by:
1.) Requiring the President to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of foreign persons, including senior government officials, military leaders, and other persons, who the President determines are knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or have directly or indirectly engaged in, supporting the Chinese Communist Party’s illegal occupation of Tibet.
2.) Allowing the President 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 States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person.
3.) Revocation of the visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued of any such person listed.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Scott Perry (PA) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
There has been $0.00 pledged in support of this issue
Trustee Election - Opening Date
February 6, 2023
Trustee Election - Closing Date
February 13, 2023