All Roll Calls
Yes: 406 • No: 1
119-hr-1503119th Congress
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Passed House
Summary
This bill would create a U.S. policy and enforcement framework to stop _forced organ harvesting_ by using targeted sanctions, passport restrictions for related convictions, and new country-level reporting to hold facilitators accountable.
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- It requires the President to identify people and entities that facilitate forced organ harvesting or trafficking in persons for organ removal and to impose property-blocking and visa-blocking sanctions on those listed.
- The State Department may deny or revoke passports of people convicted of knowingly transferring human organs for valuable consideration if they used a passport or crossed a border in the offense and are imprisoned or on supervised release.
- It adds annual reporting requirements to U.S. foreign assistance and country human-rights reports to assess forced organ harvesting in each country and allows narrow humanitarian exceptions and case-by-case waivers up to 180 days with a 15-day congressional notice.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Country reports must cover organ harvesting
The State Department would need to include an organ‑harvesting assessment in each country’s annual report. Agencies would use this bill’s definitions for “forced organ harvesting,” “organ,” and “trafficking for organ removal.” This would give policymakers more detail to guide diplomacy and enforcement.
Sanctions and visa bans for organ harvesters
The President would have 180 days to list people who fund or help forced organ harvesting. Their property and transactions with U.S. persons could be blocked, but this would not ban imports under this authority. Listed people would be inadmissible to the United States and have visas revoked. Food, medicine, and vital humanitarian aid would be excepted. The President could give case‑by‑case waivers for up to 180 days with 15 days’ notice, and violations would face IEEPA penalties.
U.S. policy and definitions on organ harvesting
If enacted, this bill would set U.S. policy to fight forced organ harvesting and seek accountability, including for members of the Chinese Communist Party. It would promote voluntary organ donation systems and human rights. It would define key terms like “forced organ harvesting,” “trafficking for organ removal,” and “organ.” It would also define who counts as a “person” and a “United States person.” These definitions would guide reports, sanctions, and other actions under the bill.
No passports for convicted organ traffickers
The Secretary of State could refuse or cancel a passport for someone convicted under the organ‑sales law. This would apply only if the person used a passport or crossed a border during the crime. It would apply while they are in prison, on parole, or on supervised release.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 5/7/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 406 • No: 1