Bill > S5305

This bill is the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act, which aims to support and promote the human rights of Southern Mongolians in the People's Republic of China. The key provisions of the bill include: condemning human rights abuses against Southern Mongolians, calling on China to allow Southern Mongolians to exercise the autonomy guaranteed to them, establishing an Inner Mongolian team within the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to monitor the situation, assessing the impact of China's restrictions on Tibetan Buddhism on the religious freedom of Tibetan Buddhists in China and abroad, imposing sanctions on individuals responsible for human rights abuses against Southern Mongolians, establishing Voice of America Mongolian language programming, supporting efforts to preserve Southern Mongolian culture, and supporting the right of Southern Mongolians to maintain traditional livelihoods and make decisions about economic development in their autonomous areas.