Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025 · Introduced in House (2025-02-21)

SEC. 2. Statement of policy

It shall be the policy of the United States—

to combat international trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs;
to promote the establishment of voluntary organ donation systems with effective enforcement mechanisms in bilateral diplomatic meetings and in international health forums;
to promote the dignity and security of human life in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted on December 10, 1948; and
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:

The term appropriate committees of Congress means—
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.
The term organ,human organ has the meaning given the term in section 301(c)(1) of the National Organ Transplant Act (). 42 U.S.C. 274e(c)(1)
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—

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 () 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. 42 U.S.C. 274e

(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 () is amended— 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.

in section 116 (), by adding at the end the following: 22 U.S.C. 2151n
- (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,human organ has the meaning given the term 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).
in section 502B ()— 22 U.S.C. 2304
- by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to child marriage status) as subsection (j); and
  - (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 , , and have the meanings given those terms in section 116(h)(2). forced organ harvesting,organ,trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs
- by adding at the end the following:

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 () (except that the requirements of section 202 of such Act () 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. 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701
(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) 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) A revocation under clause (i) shall—
  - take effect immediately; and
  - automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the individual’s possession.

(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.

H.R. 1503

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