The record
Legislation· May 2025
HR 1540 Passed House — in Senate
Sponsored by Scott Perry (R)
Falun Gong Protection Act
Sanctions foreign persons involved in organ harvesting from prisoners in China, including Falun Gong practitioners.
Tradeoff
Blocks property and visas for people the President determines knowingly facilitated forced organ harvesting in China. Exempts humanitarian aid, agricultural goods, food, and medicine from sanctions.
What's in it
Passed the House by on May 5, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Feb 24, 2025)
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs(Feb 24, 2025)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (May 5, 2025)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Foreign Relations(May 6, 2025)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)