Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6877 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6877 To support and promote the human rights of Southern Mongolians in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. McGovern (for himself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To support and promote the human rights of Southern Mongolians in the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Mongolian Human Rights Policy Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) According to the China Statistical Yearbook for 2021, more than 6,000,000 ethnic Mongolians live in the People's Republic of China, of which some two-thirds live in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and many others in three prefectures and eight counties designated as autonomous for Mongolians by the Government of the People's Republic of China. (2) Over the centuries, successive central Chinese governments have promoted the migration of Chinese people into the area currently administered as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and today only about 18 percent of the population of the Region is counted as ethnically Mongolian. (3) The Constitution and 1984 Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law of the People's R