Legislation· Jul 2024Sponsored by Scott Perry (R)
Falun Gong Protection Act
Would have required US sanctions on foreign people linked to forced organ harvesting in China.
Tradeoff
Would have frozen US property of sanctioned people and barred them from US visas and entry. Would have exempted humanitarian aid, food, medicine, and authorized intelligence work.
What's in it
The House passed this bill by on June 25, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended.
House
Introduced
(Jun 14, 2023)
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs(Jun 14, 2023)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 33 - 0(Jun 21, 2023)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jun 25, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Foreign Relations(Jul 8, 2024)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- George Santos (R-NY)
- Bob Good (R-VA)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- John R. Curtis (R-UT)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)