Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
Latest action · Jul 30, 2014 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 27, 2013
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls on China (PRC) to end the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners, and particularly from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
Calls for a Department of State investigation into organ transplant practices in China, and for the prosecution of those found to have engaged in such practices.
Demands an end to the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice by the Communist Party of China and the release of all Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience.
Recommends that: (1) the Department issue a travel warning for U.S. citizens traveling to China for organ transplants informing them that the organ source for their operation may be a prisoner of conscience; and (2) the U.S. government condemn organ transplantation abuses in China, ban the entry of those who have participated in such activities, and prosecute such individuals should they be found on U.S. soil.
Cosponsors 246
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2013 to Dec 3, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Jun 27, 2013 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jul 15, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 19, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jul 19, 2013 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 30, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 30, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 11, 2013Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
- Dec 11, 2013Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 9, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- China
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Government information and archives
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Medical ethics
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Travel and tourism
- Visas and passports
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- Jun 27, 2013Introduced in House
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