Falun Gong Protection Act
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Falun Gong Protection Act
This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that are knowingly responsible for, are complicit in, or have engaged in the involuntary harvesting of organs in China. The sanctions shall not apply to certain activities, such as authorized U.S. intelligence or law enforcement activities.
The President must (1) maintain an updated list of foreign persons subject to the sanctions, and (2) impose the sanctions according to the most recent version of the list.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 20, 2022 to Oct 11, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Jan 20, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 14, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Aug 26, 2022 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Sep 14, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Oct 11, 2022 |
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 Dec 16, 2021 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Dec 16, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 16, 2021Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 217, December 16, 2021, page H7833.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4132 | Falun Gong Protection Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 8, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Falun Gong Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
