1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Government of the People's Republic of China does not grant United States officials, journalists, and other citizens access to China on a basis that is reciprocal to the access that the Government of the United States grants Chinese officials, journalists, and citizens. (2) The Government of China imposes greater restrictions on travel to Tibetan areas than to other areas of China. (3) Officials of China have stated that Tibet is open to foreign visitors. (4) The Government of China is promoting tourism in Tibetan areas, and at the Sixth Tibet Work Forum in August 2015, Premier Li Keqiang called for Tibet to build major world tourism destinations . (5) The Government of China requires foreigners to obtain permission from the Tibet Foreign and Overseas Affairs Office or from the Tibet Tourism Bureau to enter the Tibet Autonomous Region, a restriction that is not imposed on travel to any other provincial-level jurisdiction in China. (6) The Department of State reports that— (A) officials of the Government of the United States submitted 39 requests for diplomatic access to the Tibet Autonomous Region between May 2011 and July 2015, but only four were granted