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Whereas most recently, on June 24, 2020, Mongolia success-
fully organized parliamentary elections, strengthening its 
commitment to democracy and the rule of law; 
Whereas the success of Mongolia as a democracy and its stra-
tegic location, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and abil-
ity to pursue an independent foreign policy are highly rel-
evant to the national security of the United States; 
Whereas climate change in Mongolia has contributed to se-
vere droughts, higher temperatures, and extreme winter 
weather conditions, resulting in mass deaths of livestock 
and economic hardship for people living in rural commu-
nities, especially the nomadic population; 
Whereas the United States has provided support to Mongolia 
through the Millennium Challenge Corporation through 
an initial compact signed in 2007 designed to increase 
economic growth and reduce poverty and a second com-
pact signed in 2018 involving investments in water infra-
structure, including supply and wastewater recycling, as 
well as water sector sustainability; 
Whereas, on September 20, 2018, the United States and 
Mongolia signed a joint statement and the Roadmap for 
Expanded Economic Partnership, outlining the intent to 
deepen the bilateral commercial relationship through full 
implementation of the obligations under the Agreement 
on Transparency in Matters Related to International 
Trade and Investment between the United States of 
America and Mongolia, signed at New York, September 
24, 2013 (in this preamble referred to as the ‘‘United 
States-Mongolia Transparency Agreement’’), and to col-
laborate in supporting Mongolian small- and medium- 
sized enterprises through various programs and projects;
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Whereas according to the Bureau of the Census, trade be-
tween the United States and Mongolia is modest but 
growing, with a total value of trade in 2019 between the 
two countries of approximately $217,500,000, including 
$192,700,000 in United States exports to Mongolia and 
$24,800,000 in United States imports from Mongolia; 
Whereas Mongolia is a beneficiary country under the Gener-
alized System of Preferences program, but its use of the 
program remains low, as in 2018 only $3,300,000 of ex-
ports from Mongolia to the United States entered were 
under the program; and 
Whereas, on July 31, 2019, the United States and Mongolia 
declared the bilateral relationship a ‘‘Strategic Partner-
ship’’ and noted the shared desire— 
(1) to intensify cooperation as strong democracies 
based on the rule of law through safeguarding and pro-
moting democratic values and human rights, including 
the freedoms of religion or belief, expression, including 
internet and media freedom, assembly, and association, 
anticorruption and fiscal transparency, and youth and 
emerging leader development; 
(2) to cooperate in promoting national security and 
stability across the Indo-Pacific region so that all coun-
tries, secure in their sovereignty, are able to pursue eco-
nomic growth consistent with international law and prin-
ciples of fair competition; 
(3) to deepen national security and law-enforcement 
ties through collaboration on bilateral and multilateral se-
curity, judicial, and law enforcement efforts in the region; 
(4) to strengthen cooperation in multilateral engage-
ments such as peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, 
and disaster preparedness and relief operations;
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(5) to expand trade and investment relations on a 
fair and reciprocal basis, support private sector-led 
growth, fully implement the United States-Mongolia 
Transparency Agreement, promote women’s entrepre-
neurship, and continue to explore support for infrastruc-
ture under the new United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation with the new tools provided 
under the BUILD Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); 
(6) to strengthen border security, prevent illegal 
transshipment and trafficking, expand cooperation on 
civil aviation safety and oversight, and efficiently facili-
tate legitimate travel between Mongolia and the United 
States; 
(7) 
to 
increase 
cooperation 
in 
addressing 
transnational threats such as terrorism, human traf-
ficking, drug trafficking, the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction, cyberattacks, transnational organized 
crime, pandemics, and other emerging nontraditional se-
curity threats; 
(8) to continue to develop an environment in which 
civil society, social media, and a free and independent 
media can flourish; and 
(9) to maintain high-level official dialogues, encour-
age bilateral exchanges at all levels of government, and 
further develop people-to-people exchanges to deepen en-
gagement on issues of mutual interest and concern: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) underscores the importance of the relationship 
between the United States and Mongolia and remains
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committed to advancing this Strategic Partnership in the 
future; 
(2) encourages the United States Government to 
help Mongolia use its benefits under the Generalized 
System of Preferences program and other relevant pro-
grams to increase trade between the United States and 
Mongolia; 
(3) urges the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation to expand activities in Mon-
golia to support economic development, diversification of 
the economy of Mongolia, and women-owned small- and 
medium-sized enterprises; 
(4) urges Mongolia to address climate change and 
continue to work with the UN Environment Programme, 
the Global Climate Fund, and other global institutions 
to strengthen climate change resilience; 
(5) urges private and public support to help diver-
sify the economy of Mongolia through increased coopera-
tion and investments, as well as infrastructure and other 
vital projects; 
(6) supports the resumption of the Peace Corps 
program in Mongolia once the COVID–19 pandemic has 
subsided; 
(7) urges the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, and other
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relevant agencies to continue to support Mongolia’s 
democratic and economic development and efforts on 
anticorruption; 
(8) calls for the continued engagement of Mongolia 
in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope, the Community of Democracies, congressional-par-
liamentary partnerships, including continued high-level 
parliamentary exchange, and other institutions that pro-
mote democratic values, which reinforces the commit-
ment of the people and the Government of Mongolia to 
those values and standards; 
(9) reaffirms the importance of civil society to the 
continued democratic development of Mongolia; 
(10) encourages the Government of Mongolia to 
build a regulatory system that supports and encourages 
the growth and operation of independent nongovern-
mental organizations and continues to pursue policies of 
transparency that uphold democratic values; 
(11) urges Mongolia to continue their commitment 
to free, fair and credible elections; and 
(12) encourages the Government of Mongolia to 
continue legal reform, build institutional capacity, and