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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6319 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ 
harvesting within the People’s Republic of China, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2021 
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 
A BILL 
To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to 
forced organ harvesting within the People’s Republic of 
China, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Falun Gong Protection 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Falun Gong is a spiritual practice in the 
Buddhist tradition that espouses the principles of 
truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. The 
practice was introduced in China by Mr. Li Hongzhi 
in 1992 and aims to improve physical, psychological, 
and spiritual well-being through exercise, meditation, 
and moral improvement. 
(2) On July 20, 1999, after years of escalating 
harassment by the government, then-General Sec-
retary Jiang Zemin launched an intensive, nation-
wide persecution designed to eradicate Falun Gong. 
Since then, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 
has detained hundreds of thousands of Falun Gong 
practitioners. 
(3) In its 2020 Report on International Reli-
gious Freedom, released on May 12, 2021, the De-
partment of State stated in its entry on China, 
‘‘Prior to the government’s 1999 ban on Falun 
Gong, the government estimated there were 70 mil-
lion adherents. Falun Gong sources estimate tens of 
millions continue to practice privately, and Freedom 
House estimates seven to 20 million practitioners.’’. 
(4) Freedom House in its Freedom in the 
World 2021 report entry on China stated that ‘‘the 
regime’s campaign to eradicate the Falun Gong spir-
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itual group continued in 2020. Hundreds of Falun 
Gong practitioners have received long prison terms 
in recent years, and many others are arbitrarily de-
tained in various ‘legal education’ facilities. Detain-
ees typically face torture aimed at forcing them to 
abandon their beliefs, sometimes resulting in deaths 
in custody.’’. 
(5) In its 2021 report, the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom stated 
in its key findings for China, ‘‘according to reports, 
thousands of Falun Gong practitioners were har-
assed and arrested during 2020 for practicing their 
faith, and some likely died due to abuse and torture 
while in custody. Credible international reports also 
suggested that organ harvesting, including from 
Falun Gong practitioners, likely continued.’’. 
(6) The widespread, systematic, state-sponsored 
persecution of the Falun Gong by the Chinese Com-
munist Party leadership of the PRC constitutes a 
clear violation of Falun Gong practitioners’ basic 
human rights and may constitute genocide. 
(7) The campaign against Falun Gong is over-
seen by central branches of the Chinese Communist 
Party, including the so-called ‘‘Central Leading 
Group on Preventing and Dealing with Heretical Re-
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