# 119-hr-1503: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025

119-hr-1503, Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ); status passed_house (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1503
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 406 | 1 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Country reports must cover organ harvesting: benefit, low. 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 enforcem…
- Sanctions and visa bans for organ harvesters: benefit, low. 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,…
- U.S. policy and definitions on organ harvesting: benefit, low. 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…
- No passports for convicted organ traffickers: cost, low. 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.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1518: New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-1503 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-1518: New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1518)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1503 (as of 2026-07-15).