To direct the Secretary of State to advocate for the inclusion and recognition of the Central Tibetan Administration, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8982 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8982 To direct the Secretary of State to advocate for the inclusion and recognition of the Central Tibetan Administration, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. McGovern (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to advocate for the inclusion and recognition of the Central Tibetan Administration, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Assuring the Future of Tibet Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The relationship between the United States Government and Tibet began in 1908, when United States diplomat William Rockhill met the 13th Dalai Lama to discuss Tibet's relations with China and Great Britain and facilitate an exchange of gifts between the Dalai Lama and United States President Theodore Roosevelt. (2) The relationship of the United States Government with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama began in 1942 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote him to state, ``There are in the United States of America, many persons, among them myself, who [are] long and greatly interested in your land and people ...''. (3) The relationship of the United States Congress with the 14th Dalai Lama began in 1979 when he first visited Capitol Hill and strengthened in 1987 when he presented his Five Point Peace Plan to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in the United States Capitol building. (4) The first face-to-face meeting between Presidents of the United