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US SB288

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeff Merkley

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Requires the President to submit annual reports identifying foreign persons responsible for human rights abuses against Southern Mongolians in China, including torture, arbitrary detention, and forced disappearances, with sanctions to be imposed under the Global Magnitsky Act and other authorities

  • Directs the Secretary of State to consider establishing an Inner Mongolia team within the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to monitor political, economic, and social developments, with a report on staffing due within 180 days

  • Authorizes $2,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for Voice of America to establish Mongolian-language broadcasting services targeting speakers in Mongolia, China, and Russia

  • Calls for the Smithsonian Institution and Institute for Museum and Library Sciences to support preservation of cultures endangered by Chinese policies, including those of Southern Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hong Kongers

  • Instructs U.S. executive directors at international financial institutions to oppose projects in Southern Mongolian autonomous areas that incentivize non-Mongolian migration or facilitate transfer of land and resources away from indigenous populations

Legislative Description

Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

1/29/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations1/29/2025

Full Bill Text

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