HR 4132 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Falun Gong Protection Act

Introduced Jun 14, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Scott Perry R-PA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 8, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2023
  2. Passed HouseJun 25, 2024
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-NCGregory F. MurphyOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-FLGus M. BilirakisOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-FLMaria Elvira SalazarOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-TXPat FallonOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-TNTim BurchettOriginalJun 14, 2023
R-TNAndrew OglesJun 27, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinJul 11, 2023
R-VABob GoodJul 25, 2023
R-NYGeorge SantosJul 25, 2023
R-TXLance GoodenJul 25, 2023
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerJul 26, 2023
R-NYMichael LawlerJul 27, 2023
D-NYPatrick RyanSep 18, 2023
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Actions 11

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. Jun 25, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4133-4136)
  3. Jun 25, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4132.
  4. Jun 25, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Jun 25, 2024Mr. McCormick moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4914Falun Gong Protection ActRelated billJul 31, 2024

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2024Referred in Senate
  2. Jun 25, 2024Engrossed in House
  3. Jun 14, 2023Introduced in House

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