Whereas Lodi Gyari— (1) was born in Nyarong, Kham, in 1949; (2) was recognized according to Tibetan Buddhist tradition as a reincarnate lama; (3) began monastic studies at 4 years of age in Lumorap Monastery, which was located in what is, as of 2018, Kardze Prefecture, Sichuan Province; and (4) fled Nyarong with his family at 9 years of age following the invasion and occupation of Tibet; Whereas, as a young man in India, Lodi Gyari began a life-long commitment of service to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and to the Tibetan people by becoming— (1) editor for the Tibetan Freedom Press; (2) founder of the Tibetan Review; (3) a founding member of the Tibetan Youth Congress; (4) a civil servant in the Central Tibetan Administration; (5) Chairman of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile; (6) Cabinet Minister for the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration; and (7) Deputy Cabinet Minister for the Department of Religious Affairs and the Department of Health of the Central Tibetan Administration; Whereas, in 1991, His Holiness the Dalai Lama appointed Lodi Gyari as Special Envoy for the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C., and, soon thereafter, Lodi Gyari was selected to be President of the International Campaign for Tibet, a nonprofit organization devoted to supporting the Tibetan people and the vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Whereas, for 3 decades, Lodi Gyari met with leaders and diplomats of governments around the world, including successive Presidential administrations of the United States, and with Members of the United States Congress and parliaments of other nations— (1) to explain the Tibetan efforts to engage with China on finding a mutually agreeable solution to the issue of Tibet; (2) to urge supportive strategies and policies from governments