Senate bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-70
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act
Became law on Jul 12, 2024.
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2023
- Committee actionApr 16, 2024
- Passed SenateMay 23, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 12, 2024 · 391–26
- To the PresidentJul 8, 2024
- Became lawJul 12, 2024
Latest action: Jul 12, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-70.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 138.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 138, Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act” on May 9, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 7, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60269
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 138, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
15 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 9 Democrats
6 of 15 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Braun (R-IN), Laphonza Butler (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), James Risch (R-ID), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), Todd Young (R-IN).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.