Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 by Rep. Christopher H. Smith
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on persons (individuals and entities) involved in forced organ trafficking and authorizes the Department of State to deny or revoke the passports of individuals convicted of certain crimes related to organ trafficking.
Specifically, the President must report to Congress a list of persons that facilitate (1) forced organ harvesting, or (2) trafficking in persons for organ harvesting. For each person on the list, the President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions.
Furthermore, the State Department may deny or revoke the passport of an individual who has been convicted of a federal crime of knowingly transferring any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation, if the individual (1) is subject to imprisonment or supervised release resulting from that conviction, and (2) used a passport or crossed an international border when committing that crime.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
- May 8, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- May 7, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 7, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 1 (Roll no. 119). (text: 5/5/2025 CR H1819-1820)
- May 7, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 1 (Roll no. 119). (text: 5/5/2025 CR H1819-1820)
- May 7, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1894-1895)
- May 5, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 5, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1503.
- May 5, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1819)
- May 5, 2025Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 21, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House