HRES 343 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Expressing concern regarding 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 and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.

Introduced Jun 25, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL

Latest action · Jun 13, 2016 On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3728)

Progress

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IntroducedJun 25, 2015
Agreed to in HouseJun 13, 2016

Summary

Condemns the practice of state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting in China.

Calls on China and the Communist Party of China to end the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.

Encourages the U.S. medical community to help raise awareness of unethical organ transplant practices in China.

Demands an end to the 17-year persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice and the release of all Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience.

Calls on China to allow an independent investigation into organ transplant abuses.

Calls on the Department of State to: (1) conduct a more detailed analysis on state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the annual Human Rights Report, and (2) report annually to Congress on implementation of the immigration provision prohibiting visas to Chinese and other nationals engaged in coerced organ or bodily tissue transplantation.

Cosponsors 185

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to Jun 13, 2016; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher	Original	Jun 25, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao	Original	Jun 25, 2015
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Jun 25, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jun 25, 2015
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jun 25, 2015
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Jun 25, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jun 25, 2015
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jul 13, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jul 13, 2015
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 13, 2015
R-MI	David A. Trott		Jul 13, 2015
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 13, 2015
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jul 13, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jul 13, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 16, 2015
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jul 22, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 22, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Jul 22, 2015
R-VA	Dave Brat		Jul 22, 2015
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jul 22, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jul 22, 2015
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jul 22, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jul 22, 2015
R-MN	John Kline		Jul 22, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jul 22, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jul 22, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 22, 2015
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jul 22, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 22, 2015
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Jul 22, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jul 22, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 22, 2015
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jul 23, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jul 23, 2015
R-NC	George Holding		Jul 23, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jul 23, 2015
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 23, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 23, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jul 23, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jul 23, 2015
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 31, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jul 31, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 31, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 31, 2015
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 31, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Jul 31, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Jul 31, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 31, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 31, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jul 31, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 31, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Jul 31, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Jul 31, 2015
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 31, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer		Jul 31, 2015
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jul 31, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jul 31, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jul 31, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Jul 31, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 31, 2015
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jul 31, 2015
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 31, 2015
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 31, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 31, 2015
D-MA	William R. Keating		Jul 31, 2015
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 31, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Aug 4, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Aug 4, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Aug 4, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Aug 4, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Aug 4, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Aug 4, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Aug 4, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Sep 8, 2015
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Sep 8, 2015
R-TX	Bill Flores		Sep 8, 2015
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Sep 8, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Sep 8, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 8, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Sep 8, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 8, 2015
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Sep 8, 2015
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 8, 2015
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Sep 8, 2015
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Sep 8, 2015
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Sep 8, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Sep 8, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Sep 8, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 8, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 8, 2015
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Sep 8, 2015
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Sep 8, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Sep 8, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 11, 2015
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Sep 11, 2015
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Sep 11, 2015
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		Sep 11, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Sep 11, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Sep 11, 2015
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Sep 11, 2015
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Sep 18, 2015
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Sep 18, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Sep 18, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Sep 18, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Sep 18, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Sep 18, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Sep 18, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 18, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 18, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 18, 2015
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Sep 18, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Sep 18, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 18, 2015
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		Sep 18, 2015
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Sep 25, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Sep 25, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Oct 16, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Oct 16, 2015
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Oct 16, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Oct 16, 2015
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Oct 16, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 16, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Oct 16, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Oct 16, 2015
R-IN	Todd Young		Oct 16, 2015
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Oct 23, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Oct 23, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Oct 23, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Oct 23, 2015
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Oct 23, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Oct 23, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Oct 29, 2015
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Oct 29, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Oct 29, 2015
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 5, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Nov 5, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Nov 5, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Nov 5, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Dec 3, 2015
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jan 5, 2016
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jan 5, 2016
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jan 5, 2016
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jan 5, 2016
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jan 5, 2016
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jan 5, 2016
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jan 8, 2016
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jan 8, 2016
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jan 8, 2016
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jan 12, 2016
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jan 12, 2016
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jan 12, 2016
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jan 13, 2016
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Feb 1, 2016
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Feb 1, 2016
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Feb 1, 2016
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Feb 4, 2016
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Feb 25, 2016
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Feb 25, 2016
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Feb 25, 2016
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Feb 25, 2016
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Mar 10, 2016
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Mar 15, 2016
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Mar 22, 2016
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Mar 22, 2016
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Apr 12, 2016
R-MO	Jason Smith		Apr 12, 2016
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Apr 12, 2016
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Apr 15, 2016
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Apr 15, 2016
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Apr 15, 2016
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 29, 2016
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Apr 29, 2016
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 29, 2016
R-NC	Mark Meadows		May 16, 2016
D-NC	David E. Price		May 26, 2016
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 13, 2016
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 13, 2016
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jun 13, 2016
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 13, 2016
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 13, 2016
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Jun 13, 2016

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jun 25, 2015Markup Mar 16, 2016
	East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee	Referred Jan 8, 2016Markup Jan 12, 2016Reported Jan 12, 2016
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 25, 2015
	Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee	Referred Jul 9, 2015

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 13, 2016Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Jun 13, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3727-3730)
Jun 13, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 343.
Jun 13, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3728)
Mar 16, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H3727–H3730Text printed H3728	Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Lamar Smith R-TX	Jun 13, 2016

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 114-170	ORGAN HARVESTING: AN EXAMINATION OF A BRUTAL PRACTICE64 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jun 23, 2016
Serial No. 114-151	UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY PRESERVATION ACT; AND EXPRESSING CONCERN REGARDING 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 AND MEMBERS OF OTHER RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS46 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Mar 16, 2016
Serial No. 114-146	REGARDING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEMOCRACY IN MONGOLIA; CONCERN REGARDING PERSISTENT AND CREDIBLE REPORTS OF SYSTEMATIC, STATE- SANCTIONED ORGAN HARVESTING FROM NON-CONSENTING PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; AND RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINGAPOREAN INDEPENDENCE AND REAFFIRMING SINGAPORE'S CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES44 pages	Foreign Affairs Committee	Jan 12, 2016

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46996	International Organ Trafficking: In Brief Archived	Report	Dec 22, 2021
R43964	Human Rights in China and U.S. Policy: Issues for the 114th Congress Archived	Report	Sep 17, 2015

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Expressing concern regarding 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 and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 13, 2016Engrossed in House
Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House

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