A resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party's use of forced labor and other coercive measures to destroy religious freedom in Tibet.

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 752 Condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor and other coercive measures to destroy religious freedom in Tibet. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER 22 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020 Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. SCOTT of South Caro- lina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. YOUNG, Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations RESOLUTION Condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor and other coercive measures to destroy religious freedom in Tibet. Whereas the Chinese Communist Party has long persecuted Tibetans for their religious beliefs, including by illegit- imately claiming authority to designate the Dalai Lama’s successor, destroying religious institutions, and arbi- trarily detaining, disappearing, and torturing Tibetans in order to compel adherence to ‘‘normal religious activi- ties’’, as sanctioned by the Party; Whereas the Chinese Communist Party has launched a policy of Sinicization of Tibetans and escalated its attacks on Tibetans by removing Tibetan farmers and herders from their land, compelling them to cede control of their land VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Oct 22, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR752.IS SR752 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 752 IS and herds to state authorities, transferring them to state facilities where they are subjected to forced labor training programs, political indoctrination, and other abuses, and sending them to state-assigned jobs in Tibet and other parts of China, often far from their families and commu- nities; Whereas the Chinese Communist Party views forced labor and other coercive measures as acceptable practices for strengthening the Chinese economy, while simultaneously suppressing or eliminating religious and ethnic groups that it views as inherently threatening to its rule and other political ambitions; Whereas the Chinese Communist Party’s actions in Tibet, like its actions in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re- gion and other parts of China, reflect the Party’s belief that might makes right and its determination to use every measure at its disposal, no matter how heinous, to consolidate power and advance its interests; and Whereas the Chinese Communist Party believes that might makes right not just domestically, but also in inter- national relations, as evidenced by its actions in the Tai- wan Strait, the South and East China Seas, along the Sino-Indian border, and in cyberspace, as well as its use of economic threats to silence or otherwise compel na- tions, businesses, and individuals to accede to its de- mands throughout the Indo-Pacific region and beyond: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) condemns the Chinese Communist Party’s 2 campaign against religious freedom in Tibet, includ- 3 ing its plainly illegitimate efforts to designate the 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Oct 22, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR752.IS SR752 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 752 IS next Dalai Lama, which is a matter that should be 1 determined solely within the Tibetan Buddhist faith 2 community; 3 (2) calls for an investigation into the Chinese 4 Communist Party’s use of forced labor, in addition 5 to other coercive measures, to force Tibetans to 6 practice their faith in a manner compliant with the 7 Party’s interpretation of ‘‘normal religious activi- 8 ties’’; 9 (3) calls on United States companies to scruti- 10 nize their supply chains and divest of suppliers and 11 other partners that use Tibetan or other forced labor 12 programs or are unable to certify that they do not 13 use Tibetan or other forced labor; 14 (4) calls on the United States Government to 15 proactively support, as per the Tibetan Policy Act of 16 2002 (subtitle B of title VI of division A of Public 17 Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), the Dalai 18 Lama’s call for negotiations to resolve the issue of 19 Tibet, including by preserving religious freedom and 20 Tibetan labor rights; and 21 (5) encourages all nations to condemn the Chi- 22 nese Communist Party’s attempts to impose its will 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Oct 22, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR752.IS SR752 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •SRES 752 IS on others, both at home and abroad, and stand to- 1 gether against the Party’s hegemonic agenda. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Oct 22, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR752.IS SR752 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS