Mongolia, the People’s Republic of China, and the Russian 
Federation. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer 
of the United States Agency for Global Media shall submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report detailing the implementation of this 
section, including a description of programming and 
broadcast hours. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Voice of America for 
purposes of carrying out this section $2,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. 
SEC. 8. SUPPORT FOR SOUTHERN MONGOLIAN CULTURE. 
(a) REPRESSED CULTURES PRESERVATION.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should 
fund activities to help preserve cultures endangered 
by the repressive policies of the People’s Republic of 
China, including those of Southern Mongolians, Ti-
betans, Uyghurs, and Hong Kongers, through the 
World Cultures Center and other programs designed 
to promote preservation efforts, as well as research, 
exhibitions, and education programming. 
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(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Smithsonian Institution shall submit to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives a report on its plans 
to help preserve cultures endangered by the policies 
of the People’s Republic of China, including those of 
Southern Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hong 
Kongers. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
FOR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, 
MUSEUMS, AND LIBRARIES.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Director of the Institute for Mu-
seum and Library Sciences should establish a grant 
program, or make available grants through an exist-
ing program, to support efforts by diaspora commu-
nities in the United States to preserve their cultural 
heritage that is threatened by the repressive policies 
of the People’s Republic of China, including the ef-
forts of Southern Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs, 
and Hong Kongers. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences 
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shall submit to the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
Committee on Education and Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a report on the feasibility 
of establishing a grant program, or to otherwise 
make available grants through an existing program, 
to support efforts by diaspora communities in the 
United States to preserve their cultural heritage that 
is threatened by the repressive policies of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, including those of Southern 
Mongolians, Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Hong Kongers, 
including efforts to engage with such diaspora com-
munities. 
SEC. 9. SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN SOUTHERN MON-
GOLIA. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to support the right of Southern Mongolians 
to make decisions in accordance with principles of auton-
omy regarding their economic development, including the 
ability to maintain traditional livelihoods, such as pas-
toralism, as well as cultural preservation, environmental 
sustainability, and resource extraction, in areas designated 
as autonomous for Southern Mongolians in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
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(b) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 
States executive director of each international financial in-
stitution to use the voice and vote of the United States 
to support financing of projects in areas designated as au-
tonomous for Mongolians in the People’s Republic of 
China if such projects do not provide incentives for the 
migration and settlement of non-Mongolians into Southern 
Mongolian areas or facilitate the transfer of ownership of 
Southern Mongolian land and natural resources to non- 
Mongolians, are based on a thorough needs-assessment, 
foster self-sufficiency of the Southern Mongolian people, 
respect Mongolian culture, traditions, and traditional live-
lihoods, and are subject to effective monitoring. 
(c) PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT.—The Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, 
should encourage United States businesses and individuals 
that are engaged in commerce or investing in enterprises 
in areas designated as autonomous for Mongolians in the 
People’s Republic of China to be guided by the United 
Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human 
Rights, including the creation, in consultation with other 
relevant Departments, of a business advisory covering 
such areas, with particular focus on the mining and ex-
tractive industries sector, that provides strict guidelines 
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not to directly or indirectly contribute to the violation of 
the human rights of local Mongolians, harm to their com-
munities, or destruction of the natural environment and 
traditional Mongolian way of life. 
SEC. 10. RARE EARTH MINING IN SOUTHERN MONGOLIA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the impact of large mining operations for rare earth min-
erals in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in par-
ticular the Bayan-Obo mine, on the livelihoods of South 
Mongolian residents, including forced displacement and 
serious environmental degradation, and on United States 
national security interests related to the operation and po-
tential expansion of rare earth mining operations. 
(b) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 6(d)(1). 
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