; Whereas in recent years, Tibetan nomads, who have lived as nomadic herders on the Tibetan Plateau for centuries, have been banned from grazing in certain areas of the Tibetan Plateau, and hundreds of Tibetan herders have been forcibly relocated by Chinese government officials into socialist villages ; Whereas, in September 2017, the Government of the People's Republic of China adopted additional restrictive regulations on governmental control over the practice of religion and expressed an intention that the government should actively guide religion to fit within socialist society ; Whereas these 2017 regulations state that religious groups, religious schools, religious activity sites and religious citizens shall abide by the Constitution, laws, regulations and rules; practice the core socialist values; [and] preserve the unification of the country, ethnic unity and religious harmony and social stability ; Whereas these 2017 regulations, scheduled for implementation by the Government of the People's Republic of China beginning February 2018, would explicitly ban unregistered religious groups from teaching about religion, establishing religious colleges, going abroad to take part in religious training or gatherings, or otherwise engage in activities that endanger national security ; Whereas the Department of State stated in the 2016 Report on Tibet Negotiations that [t]he Dalai Lama’s representatives and Chinese officials from the United Front Work Department have not met directly since the ninth round of dialogue in January 2010 ; Whereas the 2016 International Religious Freedom Report for China published by the Department of State stated, In the [Tibet Autonomous Region] and other Tibetan areas, authorities engaged in widespread interference in religious practices, especially in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries.