Washington, June 2 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:

Today, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) introduced the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act (HR 9085) (https://chrissmith.house.gov/UploadedFiles/SMITNJ_109_xml.pdf), legislation to require the U.S. Secretary of State to compile and submit a comprehensive report to Congress on whether the People's Republic of China (PRC) has committed acts of genocide and/or crimes against humanity against Tibetans in Tibet.

HR 9085 is the House companion legislation to S. 4432 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4432/text), introduced by Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in the Senate chamber earlier this Congress.

The bicameral, bi...