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Dalai Lama s reincarnation makes an appearance in coronavirus spending bill Print this article
The 5,500-page coronavirus aid and government funding package Congress plans to pass Monday was just uploaded for review, and it includes hundreds of add-on provisions, including a statement of policy “regarding the succession or reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.”
The provision is a “statement of policy” for the United States aimed at deterring China from attempting to name a successor to the Dalai Lama, which would interfere with Tibetan Buddhism.
The measure is buried in the massive spending and virus aid package that is also loaded up with hundreds of other provisions that will be part of the last bill to pass in the 116th Congress. The Dalai Lama language is part of the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020.