Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
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Calls on China (PRC) to end the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners, and particularly from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
Calls for a Department of State investigation into organ transplant practices in China, and for the prosecution of those found to have engaged in such practices.
Demands an end to the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice by the Communist Party of China and the release of all Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience.
Recommends that: (1) the Department issue a travel warning for U.S. citizens traveling to China for organ transplants informing them that the organ source for their operation may be a prisoner of conscience; and (2) the U.S. government condemn organ transplantation abuses in China, ban the entry of those who have participated in such activities, and prosecute such individuals should they be found on U.S. soil.
What just happenedJul 30, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 27, 2013
- Jul 30, 2014Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 30, 2014Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Dec 11, 2013Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
- Dec 11, 2013Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 9, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
- Jul 9, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
- Jun 27, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Jun 27, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House