; and (2) interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or any other government in the process of recognizing a successor or reincarnation of the Dalai Lama would represent a clear violation of the fundamental religious freedoms of Tibetan Buddhists and the Tibetan people. (c) Amendments to Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 Section 901(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 ( Public Law 101–246 ; 104 Stat. 80) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: (7) protecting the internationally recognized right to the freedom of religion and belief, including ensuring that the identification and installation of Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders, including a future 15th Dalai Lama, is a matter determined solely within the Tibetan Buddhist faith community, based on instructions of the 14th Dalai Lama, without interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China; . (d) Holding Chinese officials responsible for religious freedom abuses targeting Tibetan Buddhists It is the policy of the United States— (1) to consider any effort by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to identify or install its own candidate as the future 15th Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism to be— (A) a serious human rights abuse as such term is used in Executive Order 13818 (2017); and (B) a particularly severe violation of religious freedom for purposes of applying section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(G) )