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Falun Gong Protection Act

USA119th CongressS-817| Senate 
| Updated: 3/3/2025
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (7)
Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)David McCormick (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill establishes a United States policy to combat forced organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China, specifically mentioning the persecution of Falun Gong. It aims to avoid cooperation with China in organ transplantation while the Chinese Communist Party is in power and to use sanctions to end state-sponsored organ harvesting campaigns. The policy also emphasizes working with allies and multilateral institutions to highlight China's human rights abuses and coordinate targeted sanctions and visa restrictions. The legislation mandates the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons who knowingly engage in or facilitate involuntary organ harvesting in China. These sanctions include the blocking of property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction and rendering individuals inadmissible to the United States , including the revocation of any existing visas. The President must submit an initial list of such persons within 180 days and update it annually, with exceptions for national security, humanitarian assistance, and a presidential waiver for vital national security interests. Furthermore, the bill requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with other agencies, to submit a comprehensive report on China's organ transplant policies and practices within one year. This report must assess the number of transplants, sources of organs, and the timeline for organ procurement, particularly concerning prisoners of conscience like Falun Gong practitioners. It also seeks a determination on whether the persecution of Falun Gong constitutes an "atrocity" under U.S. law, while explicitly stating that the sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-4914
Falun Gong Protection Act
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 6, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1540
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-4914
    Falun Gong Protection Act


  • March 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • May 6, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1540
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1540: Falun Gong Protection Act
AsiaChinaCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightForeign propertyHuman rightsMedical ethicsOrgan and tissue donation and transplantationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsReligionSanctionsVisas and passports

Falun Gong Protection Act

USA119th CongressS-817| Senate 
| Updated: 3/3/2025
This bill establishes a United States policy to combat forced organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China, specifically mentioning the persecution of Falun Gong. It aims to avoid cooperation with China in organ transplantation while the Chinese Communist Party is in power and to use sanctions to end state-sponsored organ harvesting campaigns. The policy also emphasizes working with allies and multilateral institutions to highlight China's human rights abuses and coordinate targeted sanctions and visa restrictions. The legislation mandates the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons who knowingly engage in or facilitate involuntary organ harvesting in China. These sanctions include the blocking of property and interests in property within U.S. jurisdiction and rendering individuals inadmissible to the United States , including the revocation of any existing visas. The President must submit an initial list of such persons within 180 days and update it annually, with exceptions for national security, humanitarian assistance, and a presidential waiver for vital national security interests. Furthermore, the bill requires the Secretary of State, in consultation with other agencies, to submit a comprehensive report on China's organ transplant policies and practices within one year. This report must assess the number of transplants, sources of organs, and the timeline for organ procurement, particularly concerning prisoners of conscience like Falun Gong practitioners. It also seeks a determination on whether the persecution of Falun Gong constitutes an "atrocity" under U.S. law, while explicitly stating that the sanctions do not apply to the importation of goods.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-4914
Falun Gong Protection Act
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 6, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1540
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-4914
    Falun Gong Protection Act


  • March 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.


  • May 6, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1540
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (7)
Rick Scott (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Ron Johnson (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)David McCormick (Republican)John Cornyn (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • HR 119-1540: Falun Gong Protection Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AsiaChinaCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightForeign propertyHuman rightsMedical ethicsOrgan and tissue donation and transplantationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsReligionSanctionsVisas and passports