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HR 1503 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill targets forced organ harvesting and international organ trafficking by imposing financial and travel penalties on foreign officials and individuals who facilitate the practice. Those identified by the U.S. government will have their U.S. property and assets frozen, will be denied entry into the country, and will have existing visas revoked. The bill also allows the State Department to deny or revoke passports for Americans convicted of federal organ-buying crimes who crossed borders to commit them, and it requires annual human rights reporting on organ harvesting abroad.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affectedThe text does not specify or quantify the number of individuals or entities to be designated on the sanctions list or affected by passport restrictions.
Fiscal magnitudeThe bill contains no direct appropriations, authorizations of funding, or specified fees.
Reach38provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Aid & alliances+22Sentencing & corrections−15Enforcement & security−28

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it burdens

  • Individuals convicted of federal human organ traffickingMay have their U.S. passports denied or revoked by the Secretary of State if they are serving a prison sentence, parole, or supervised release and used a passport or crossed an international border to commit the crime (Sec. 4).provisional
  • Persons and entities facilitating forced organ harvesting or traffickingSubject to mandatory freezing and blocking of all U.S.-based property and financial assets, as well as denial of U.S. entry and immediate revocation of visas for listed individuals (Sec. 6(a), 6(b)).provisional
  • Violators of organ trafficking sanctionsSubject to federal civil and criminal penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for violating, attempting to violate, or conspiring to violate sanctions under the bill (Sec. 6(d)(2)).provisional
  • Department of StateRequired to assess forced organ harvesting and human organ trafficking in every foreign country as part of its annual human rights reports to Congress (Sec. 5).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Allows the Secretary of State to deny or revoke U.S. passports for individuals convicted of federal human organ trafficking offenses who used a passport or crossed an international border to commit the crime.

    Sec. 4provisional
  2. Requires the President to identify and report to Congress individuals and entities that fund, sponsor, or facilitate forced organ harvesting or organ trafficking.

    Sec. 6(a)provisional
  3. Directs the President to block and freeze all U.S.-based property and financial transactions of listed individuals and entities.

    Sec. 6(b)(1)provisional
  4. Bans listed individuals from entering the United States, denies them U.S. visas, and cancels any existing visas they hold.

    Sec. 6(b)(2)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. May 8, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  2. May 7, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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