HRES 281 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

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.

Introduced Jun 27, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL

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 245

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 27, 2013 to Dec 3, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 19, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 19, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 19, 2013
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jul 19, 2013
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 19, 2013
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 19, 2013
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 19, 2013
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Jul 19, 2013
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jul 19, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 19, 2013
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jul 22, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 22, 2013
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 22, 2013
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 22, 2013
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jul 22, 2013
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 22, 2013
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jul 22, 2013
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Jul 22, 2013
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 25, 2013
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 25, 2013
D-CO	Jared Polis		Jul 25, 2013
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jul 25, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jul 25, 2013
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jul 25, 2013
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 25, 2013
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jul 25, 2013
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 25, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 25, 2013
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jul 25, 2013
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 30, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jul 30, 2013
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jul 30, 2013
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 30, 2013
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 30, 2013
D-GA	John Barrow		Jul 30, 2013
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 30, 2013
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jul 30, 2013
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Jul 30, 2013
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 31, 2013
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jul 31, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 31, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Jul 31, 2013
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jul 31, 2013
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jul 31, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jul 31, 2013
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 31, 2013
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Jul 31, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott		Aug 1, 2013
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Aug 1, 2013
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Aug 1, 2013
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Aug 1, 2013
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Aug 1, 2013
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Aug 1, 2013
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Aug 1, 2013
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Aug 1, 2013
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Aug 1, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Aug 1, 2013
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Aug 1, 2013
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Aug 1, 2013
D-CA	Sam Farr		Aug 1, 2013
D-NY	William L. Owens		Aug 1, 2013
D-MA	William R. Keating		Aug 1, 2013
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Aug 2, 2013
R-FL	Bill Posey		Aug 2, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Aug 2, 2013
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Aug 2, 2013
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Aug 2, 2013
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Aug 2, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Aug 2, 2013
R-TX	Pete Olson		Aug 2, 2013
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Aug 2, 2013
D-NY	Steve Israel		Aug 2, 2013
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Sep 11, 2013
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Sep 11, 2013
D-IL	Bill Foster		Sep 11, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Sep 11, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Sep 11, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 11, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Sep 11, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 11, 2013
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Sep 11, 2013
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Sep 11, 2013
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Sep 11, 2013
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 11, 2013
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Sep 11, 2013
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Sep 11, 2013
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Sep 11, 2013
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Sep 11, 2013
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Sep 11, 2013
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Sep 11, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Sep 11, 2013
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Sep 11, 2013
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 11, 2013
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Sep 11, 2013
R-IA	Tom Latham		Sep 11, 2013
R-PA	Tom Marino		Sep 11, 2013
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Sep 11, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 19, 2013
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Sep 19, 2013
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 19, 2013
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 19, 2013
D-CT	John B. Larson		Sep 19, 2013
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Sep 19, 2013
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Sep 19, 2013
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Sep 19, 2013
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Sep 19, 2013
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Sep 19, 2013
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Sep 19, 2013
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Sep 26, 2013
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 26, 2013
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Sep 26, 2013
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Sep 26, 2013
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Sep 26, 2013
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Sep 26, 2013
R-TX	Kay Granger		Sep 26, 2013
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 26, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Sep 26, 2013
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 26, 2013
R-MT	Steve Daines		Sep 26, 2013
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Sep 26, 2013
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Sep 30, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran		Sep 30, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 30, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 30, 2013
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Oct 3, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Oct 8, 2013
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Oct 8, 2013
R-FL	Trey Radel		Oct 8, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price		Oct 10, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Oct 10, 2013
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 10, 2013
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Oct 10, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Oct 23, 2013
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Oct 23, 2013
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Oct 23, 2013
R-TX	Bill Flores		Oct 30, 2013
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 30, 2013
R-NE	Lee Terry		Oct 30, 2013
R-IN	Luke Messer		Oct 30, 2013
D-IN	André Carson		Nov 14, 2013
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Nov 14, 2013
R-MN	John Kline		Nov 14, 2013
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Nov 20, 2013
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Nov 20, 2013
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Nov 21, 2013
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Dec 9, 2013
D-CA	Gloria Negrete McLeod		Dec 9, 2013
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Dec 9, 2013
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Dec 9, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Dec 10, 2013
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Dec 11, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jan 7, 2014
R-MI	Kerry L. Bentivolio		Jan 8, 2014
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Jan 10, 2014
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Jan 15, 2014
R-CA	Paul Cook		Apr 29, 2014
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 24, 2014
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jun 26, 2014
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Jun 26, 2014
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jun 26, 2014
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jun 26, 2014
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jul 8, 2014
D-GA	David Scott		Jul 8, 2014
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Jul 8, 2014
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 10, 2014
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Jul 17, 2014
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 17, 2014
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jul 17, 2014
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 17, 2014
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 18, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jul 18, 2014
R-TX	Steve Stockman		Jul 18, 2014
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jul 22, 2014
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jul 22, 2014
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 24, 2014
R-GA	Tom Price		Jul 24, 2014
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jul 25, 2014
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Jul 25, 2014
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 25, 2014
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 25, 2014
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jul 29, 2014
R-NC	George Holding		Jul 29, 2014
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Jul 29, 2014
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Jul 29, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 30, 2014
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jul 30, 2014
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Sep 9, 2014
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 9, 2014
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 10, 2014
R-MO	Jason Smith		Sep 16, 2014
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 16, 2014
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Sep 16, 2014
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Sep 16, 2014
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Sep 16, 2014
D-FL	Joe Garcia		Sep 17, 2014
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Sep 17, 2014
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Sep 18, 2014
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 18, 2014
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Sep 18, 2014
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Sep 18, 2014
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Nov 17, 2014
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Nov 17, 2014
R-NY	Chris Collins		Nov 17, 2014
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Nov 17, 2014
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Nov 17, 2014
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Nov 17, 2014
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Nov 17, 2014
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Nov 17, 2014
R-FL	John L. Mica		Nov 17, 2014
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Nov 17, 2014
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Nov 17, 2014
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Nov 17, 2014
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Nov 17, 2014
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Nov 17, 2014
D-WI	Ron Kind		Nov 17, 2014
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Nov 17, 2014
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Nov 17, 2014
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Nov 17, 2014
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Nov 17, 2014
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Nov 17, 2014
R-IN	Todd Young		Nov 17, 2014
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Nov 17, 2014
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Dec 3, 2014
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Dec 3, 2014
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Dec 3, 2014
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Dec 3, 2014
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Dec 3, 2014
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Dec 3, 2014
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Dec 3, 2014
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Dec 3, 2014

Withdrew 1 Tulsi Gabbard D-HI Sep 12, 2013

Committees 1

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Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 27, 2013Markup Jul 30, 2014
	Africa Subcommittee	Referred Jul 9, 2013
	East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee	Referred Jul 9, 2013Markup Dec 11, 2013Reported Dec 11, 2013

Actions 8

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Jul 30, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 30, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 11, 2013Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 11, 2013Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
Jul 9, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.

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Printed hearings 2

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Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-200	GIRLS COUNT ACT OF 2013; NAFTALI FRAENKEL REWARDS FOR JUSTICE ACT OF 2014; EMERGENCY IRON DOME REPLENISHMENT ACT; 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; AND EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN IRAQ75 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jul 30, 2014
Serial No. 113-89	URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF BURMA TO END THE PERSECUTION OF THE ROHINGYA PEOPLE AND RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITY GROUPS WITHIN BURMA; AND EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER REPORTS OF SYSTEMATIC, STATE-SANCTIONED ORGAN HARVESTING FROM NON-CONSENTING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA32 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Dec 11, 2013

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Product	Title	Kind	Published
R43964	Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 114th Congress Archived	Report	Sep 17, 2015

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Official Title as Introduced: 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.

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Jun 27, 2013Introduced in House

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