S.Amdt. 3855

SA 3855. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1248. ESTABLISHMENT OF INNER MONGOLIA TEAM IN UNITED
STATES EMBASSY IN BEIJING, CHINA.

(a) In General.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State should consider
establishing an Inner Mongolian team within the United States
Embassy in Beijing, People's Republic of China, to follow
political, economic, and social developments in the Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region and other areas designated by the
People's Republic of China as autonomous for Mongolians, with
due consideration given to hiring Southern Mongolians as
locally employed staff.
(2) Responsibilities.--The team devoted to Inner Mongolia
issues should be responsible for--
(A) reporting on internationally recognized human rights
issues;
(B) monitoring developments in critical minerals mining,
environmental degradation, and People's Republic of China
space capabilities; and
(C) monitoring access to areas designated as autonomous for
Mongolians by United States Government officials,
journalists, nongovernmental organizations, and the Southern
Mongolian diaspora.
(3) Language requirements.--The Secretary of State should
ensure that--
(A) the Department of State has sufficient proficiency in
the Mongolian language in order to carry out the
responsibilities described in paragraph (1); and
(B) the United States Embassy in Beijing, China, has
sufficient resources to hire locally employed staff who are
proficient in the Mongolian language, as appropriate.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a
report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives regarding the implementation of the staffing
recommendations described in subsection (a).
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