House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act

H.R. 533Introduced Jan 26, 2023Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 26, 2023
Committee actionNov 29, 2023
Passed HouseFeb 15, 2024 · 392–28
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 26, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 533.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 533, Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act” on December 15, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 29, 2023”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2023 ↗
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December 15, 2023
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 533, 118th Congress
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May 27, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H428):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 533, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

42 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 29 Democrats

13 of 42 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.

Becca Balint (D-VT), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katie Porter (D-CA) and 12 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-2 district

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