; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (29) Tibet’s strategic importance and the strategic importance of water resources from the Tibetan Plateau in regional and territorial disputes. . 6. Democracy in the Tibetan exile community (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The 14th Dalai Lama has overseen a process of democratization within the Tibetan policy, beginning in Tibet in the 1950s and continuing in exile from the 1960s to the present. (2) The first representative body in Tibetan history, formed on September 2, 1960, was the precursor of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, the legislative branch within the Central Tibetan Administration. (3) The first direct election for the chief executive of the Central Tibetan Administration was held on July 29, 2001, with the election of Professor Samdhong Rinpoche. (4) On March 10, 2011, the 14th Dalai Lama announced that he would relinquish his political responsibilities and on August 8, 2011, he transferred full political power to the elected leadership of the Central Tibetan Administration. (5) On March 20, 2011, members of the Tibetan exile community across some 30 countries held elections, monitored by international observers and assessed to be free and fair, to select the next parliament and chief executive. (6) As a result of the codification of the transfer of political power from the Dalai Lama, the Kalon Tripa, or Chief of the Cabinet, assumed full executive authority and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile assumed full legislative authority within the Central Tibetan Administration. (7) As a result of the 2011 elections, the 15th Tibetan Parliament was seated and Lobsang Sangay was chosen as Kalon Tripa, a title changed to Sikyong in 2012. (8) Approximately 6,000,000 Tibetans in Tibet do not enjoy a democratic form of government or the ability to elect their political representatives. (9) Section 355 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public law 102–138