Falun Gong Protection Act
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.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2024
- 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.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Jun 14, 2023 |
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Jun 27, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Jul 11, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| R-NY | George Santos | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Jul 25, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jul 27, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Feb 13, 2024 |
Committees 3
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 14, 2023Markup Jun 22, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 14, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jul 8, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jun 25, 2024Mr. McCormick moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 25, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4133-4136)
- Jun 25, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4132.
- Jun 25, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4134)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, 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 H4133–H4136Text printed H4134 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Greg Stanton D-AZ, Richard McCormick R-GA, Scott Perry R-PA | Jun 25, 2024 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 28, 2023H.R. 4132, Falun Gong Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 21, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 104, June 14, 2023, page H2934.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-34 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES91 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1540 | Falun Gong Protection Act | Cross-Congress related bill | May 6, 2025 |
| S 4914 | Falun Gong Protection Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2024 |
| HR 6319 | Falun Gong Protection Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 4
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
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Falun Gong Protection Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Falun Gong Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2024Referred in Senate
- Jun 25, 2024Engrossed in House
- Jun 14, 2023Introduced 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.
