HR 1503
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Summary
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025 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.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Christopher H. Smith [R-NJ-4]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- International Affairs
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-05-08: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-05-08: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2025-05-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-05-07: 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)
- 2025-05-07: Passed/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)
- 2025-05-07: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1894-1895)