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Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110

§1182f Denial of Entry Into United States of Chinese and Other Nationals Engaged in Coerced Organ or Bodily Tissue Transplantation

Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part II — Admission Qualifications for Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens › § 1182f

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Consular officers must not give visas to anyone the Secretary finds, based on credible and specific information, to have directly taken part in forced organ or tissue transplants. A visa can be given only if the Secretary has strong reason to believe the person stopped taking part in and supporting those practices. The rule does not apply to heads of state, heads of government, or cabinet ministers. The Secretary can waive the rule for U.S. national-interest reasons, but must send written justification to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days after the visa is issued.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1182f

Aliens and Nationality, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Denial of entry
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall direct consular officers not to issue a visa to any person whom the Secretary finds, based on credible and specific information, to have been directly involved with the coercive transplantation of human organs or bodily tissue, unless the Secretary has substantial grounds for believing that the foreign national has discontinued his or her involvement with, and support for, such practices.
(b)Exception
The prohibitions in subsection (a) do not apply to an applicant who is a head of state, head of government, or cabinet-level minister.
(c)Waiver
The Secretary may waive the prohibitions in subsection (a) with respect to a foreign national if the Secretary—
(1)determines that it is important to the national interest of the United States to do so; and
(2)not later than 30 days after the issuance of a visa, provides written notification to the appropriate congressional committees containing a justification for the waiver.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and also as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Secretary” and “appropriate congressional committees” as used in this section, see section 3 of Pub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2651 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1182f

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110