This House resolution condemns the People's Republic of China's Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress (adopted March 12, 2026, effective July 1, 2026) and what the resolution calls the Chinese Communist Party's campaign of forced assimilation of ethnic and religious minorities. It says the law elevates Party ideology, prioritizes Mandarin in education and public life, and includes vague bans that could criminalize peaceful cultural, religious, and scholarly activities. The resolution notes extraterritorial provisions that could affect people outside China, cites past U.S. findings and U.N. reporting about abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet, and lists specific concerns about child separation, boarding-school policies, religious interference, and cultural erasure.
The resolution expresses the House's position and urges U.S. officials to act. It calls on the President, the Secretaries of State and the Treasury, and other agencies to consider sanctions and visa restrictions; to coordinate with allies; to expand programs that support endangered languages, religion, media, and diaspora cultural education; and to protect diaspora communities in the United States from harassment or intimidation. The resolution itself does not directly impose sanctions; instead it urges U.S. officials to use existing authorities named in the text.
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Supporters in the resolution view the Ethnic Unity Law as a tool for forced assimilation and cultural erasure that threatens minority languages, religions, and histories. They argue it risks criminalizing peaceful expression and can be used to intimidate people abroad. The resolution’s sponsors urge sanctions, protections for diaspora communities, expanded cultural and language programs, monitoring with allies, and the release of named political prisoners.
No publicly available information in the resolution about arguments in favor of the Ethnic Unity Law or counterarguments to this resolution.