119-hr1503

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[H.R. 1503 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1503

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 8, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 AN ACT

 To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for 
 purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

 It shall be the policy of the United States--

    (1) to combat international trafficking in persons for 
 purposes of the removal of organs;

    (2) to promote the establishment of voluntary organ 
 donation systems with effective enforcement mechanisms in 
 bilateral diplomatic meetings and in international health 
 forums;

    (3) to promote the dignity and security of human life in 
 accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 
 adopted on December 10, 1948; and

    (4) to hold accountable persons implicated, including 
 members of the Chinese Communist Party, in forced organ 
 harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the 
 removal of organs.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
 ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
 Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
 Representatives.

    (2) Forced organ harvesting.--The term ``forced organ 
 harvesting'' means the removal of one or more organs from a 
 person by means of coercion, abduction, deception, fraud, or 
 abuse of power or a position of vulnerability.

    (3) Organ.--The term ``organ'' has the meaning given the 
 term ``human organ'' in 

section 301
            (c) (1) of the National Organ 
 Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 274e
            (c) (1) ).

    (4) Trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of 
 organs.--The term ``trafficking in persons for purposes of the 
 removal of organs'' means the recruitment, transportation, 
 transfer, harboring, or receipt of a person for the purpose of 
 removing one or more of such person's organs, by means of--
        (A) coercion;
        (B) abduction;
            (C) deception;
            (D) fraud;
        (E) abuse of power or a position of vulnerability; 
 or
        (F) transfer of payments or benefits to achieve the 
 consent of a person having control over a person 
 described in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) .

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State may refuse to issue a 
passport to any individual who has been convicted of an offense under 

section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 274e) and 
is subject to imprisonment or parole or other supervised release as the 
result of such conviction if such individual, in the commission of such 
an offense, used a passport or crossed an international border.

    (b) Revocation.--The Secretary of State may revoke a passport 
previously issued to any individual described in subsection

    (a) .

SEC. 5. REPORTS ON FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
 FOR PURPOSES OF THE REMOVAL OF ORGANS IN FOREIGN 
 COUNTRIES.

 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is 
amended--

    (1) in 

section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``

    (h) Forced Organ Harvesting and Trafficking in Persons for 
Purposes of the Removal of Organs.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The report required by subsection
            (d) shall include an assessment of forced organ harvesting and 
 trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs in 
 each foreign country.
 ``

    (2) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
 ``
        (A) Forced organ harvesting.--The term `forced 
 organ harvesting' means the removal of one or more 
 organs from a person by means of coercion, abduction, 
 deception, fraud, or abuse of power or a position of 
 vulnerability.
 ``
        (B) Organ.--The term `organ' has the meaning 
 given the term `human organ' in 

section 301
            (c) (1) of 
 the National Organ Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 
 274e
            (c) (1) ).
 ``
            (C) Trafficking in persons for purposes of the 
 removal of organs.--The term `trafficking in persons 
 for purposes of the removal of organs' means the 
 recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or 
 receipt of a person for the purpose of removing one or 
 more of such person's organs, by means of--
 ``
            (i) coercion;
 ``
            (ii) abduction;
 ``
            (iii) deception;
 ``
            (iv) fraud;
 ``
            (v) abuse of power or a position of 
 vulnerability; or
 ``
            (vi) transfer of payments or benefits to 
 achieve the consent of a person having control 
 over a person described in the matter preceding 
 clause
            (i) .''; and

    (2) in 

section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)--
        (A) by redesignating the second subsection
            (i) (relating to child marriage status) as subsection

    (j) ; 
 and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (k) Forced Organ Harvesting and Trafficking in Persons for 
Purposes of the Removal of Organs.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The report required by subsection

    (b) shall include an assessment of forced organ harvesting and 
 trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs in 
 each foreign country.
 ``

    (2) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection, the terms `forced 
 organ harvesting', `organ', and `trafficking in persons for 
 purposes of the removal of organs' have the meanings given 
 those terms in 

section 116

    (h)

    (2) .''.

SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING 
 OR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE REMOVAL OF 
 ORGANS.

    (a) List Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a list of each person that the President 
determines funds, sponsors, or otherwise facilitates forced organ 
harvesting or trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of 
organs.

    (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose the 
following sanctions with respect to a person on the list required by 
subsection

    (a) :

    (1) Property blocking.--The President shall exercise all of 
 the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic 
 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that the 
 requirements of 

section 202 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1701) shall 
 not apply) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all 
 transactions in all property and interests in property of the 
 person if such property and interests in property are in the 
 United States, come within the United States, or are or come 
 within the possession or control of a United States person.

    (2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or parole.--
        (A) Visas, admission, or parole.--In the case of an 
 individual, that individual is--
            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
            (ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
 documentation to enter the United States; and
            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
 or paroled into the United States or to receive 
 any other benefit under the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
        (B) Current visas revoked.--
            (i) In general.--The visa or other entry 
 documentation of the individual shall be 
 revoked, regardless of when such visa or other 
 entry documentation is or was issued.
            (ii) Immediate effect.--A revocation under 
 clause
            (i) shall--
            (I) take effect immediately; and
            (II) automatically cancel any other 
 valid visa or entry documentation that 
 is in the individual's possession.
            (c) Exceptions.--

    (1) Exception relating to importation of goods.--
        (A) In general.--The authorities and requirements 
 to impose sanctions under subsection

    (b)

    (1) shall not 
 include the authority or a requirement to impose 
 sanctions on the importation of goods.
        (B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
 ``good'' means any article, natural or manmade 
 substance, material, supply or manufactured product, 
 including inspection and test equipment, and excluding 
 technical data.

    (2) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
 Subsection

    (b)

    (2) shall not apply to the admission of an 
 individual if the admission of the individual is necessary to 
 comply with United States obligations under the Agreement 
 between the United Nations and the United States of America 
 regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 
 Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
 1947, under the Convention on Consular Relations, done at 
 Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, 
 or under other applicable international agreements or treaties.

    (3) Exception relating to the provision of humanitarian 
 assistance.--Sanctions under this section may not be imposed 
 with respect to transactions or the facilitation of 
 transactions for--
        (A) the sale of agricultural commodities, food, or 
 medicine;
        (B) the provision of vital humanitarian assistance;
            (C) financial transactions relating to vital 
 humanitarian assistance or for vital humanitarian 
 purposes; or
            (D) transporting goods or services that are 
 necessary to carry out operations relating to vital 
 humanitarian assistance.

    (4) Waiver.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis and 
 for periods not to exceed 180 days each, waive the application 
 of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to a person 
 under this section if the President certifies to the 
 appropriate committees of Congress not later than 15 days 
 before such waiver is to take effect that the waiver is vital 
 to the national security interests of the United States.
            (d) Implementation; Penalties.--

    (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
 authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the 
 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
 1704) to carry out this section.

    (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this 
 section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry 
 out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
 subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 206 of the International 
 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
 extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
 subsection

    (a) of that section.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section--

    (1) the term ``person''--
        (A) means an individual or entity; and
        (B) includes a non-state actor (as such term is 
 defined in Public Law 114-281); and

    (2) the term ``United States person'' means--
        (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
 admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
 or
        (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
 United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
 States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

 Passed the House of Representatives May 7, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.