Introduced
June 30, 2026
Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. McGovern) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
RESOLUTION
Condemning the People’s Republic of China’s Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress and the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign of forced assimilation against ethnic and religious minorities.
- (1) condemns the People’s Republic of China’s Ethnic Unity Law and the Chinese Communist Party’s broader campaign of forced assimilation against Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Hui Muslims, Manchus, and other ethnic and religious minorities;
- (2) condemns policies and institutions used to separate children from families, communities, languages, religions, and cultures, including coercive boarding-school and residential-school systems, orphanage placements, and other mechanisms of forced assimilation;
- (3) affirms that the recognition and succession of the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leaders are religious matters to be decided by Tibetan Buddhists, free from interference by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party;
- (4) urges the Government of the People’s Republic of China to engage, without preconditions, in substantive dialogue with representatives of the Dalai Lama or his representatives to address longstanding grievances of the Tibetan people;
- (5) supports continued advocacy for the release of political prisoners detained for peaceful advocacy, religious practice, scholarship, cultural preservation, or the exercise of fundamental rights, including Ilham Tohti, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Hada, Rahile Dawut, Go Sherab Gyatso, and other Uyghur, Tibetan, Mongolian, Hui Muslim, Manchu, and Chinese prisoners of conscience;
- (6) urges the President, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, to impose sanctions and visa restrictions, including under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, Executive Order 13818, any successor authority, and section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, on officials and entities responsible for conceiving, implementing, financing, profiting from, or enforcing the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress and related forced-assimilation policies;
- (7) urges the Secretary of State to coordinate with democratic allies and partners, including the European Union, Canada, Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom, to monitor implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress, document its effects on targeted communities, and respond to related transnational repression;
- (8) urges the Secretary of State to expand and prioritize programs that support endangered languages, religious traditions, oral histories, independent media, diaspora-led cultural education, documentation of cultural repression, preservation of cultural heritage, and local-language international broadcasting and public diplomacy messaging, for communities targeted by forced assimilation;
- (9) urges the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Attorney General and other relevant Federal officials, to strengthen efforts to protect diaspora communities in the United States from harassment, threats, surveillance, coercion of relatives abroad, and attempts to silence lawful advocacy linked to the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress;
- (10) urges the Secretary of State to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations, including in the Security Council, to highlight the People’s Republic of China’s violations of international obligations, genocide in the Uyghur Region, and other severe violations of internationally-recognized human rights;
- (11) urges the Secretary of State to assess whether the treatment of Tibetans by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, including coercive boarding-school policies, forced labor, separation of children from families and communities, severe restrictions on religious practice, and interference in Tibetan Buddhism, warrants a public atrocity-crimes determination; and
- (12) urges the Secretary of State to include detailed reporting on the Ethnic Unity Law and related forced-assimilation policies in the Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, International Religious Freedom Report, and Trafficking in Persons Report, as appropriate.