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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1540 
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 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. PERRY (for himself, Mr. RYAN, Mr. FALLON, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. OGLES, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. OWENS, and 
Mr. WEBER of Texas) 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. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
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(1) avoid any cooperation with the PRC in the 
organ transplantation field while the Chinese Com-
munist Party remains in power; 
(2) take appropriate measures, including using 
relevant sanctions authorities, to coerce the Chinese 
Communist Party to end any state-sponsored organ 
harvesting campaign; and 
(3) work with allies, partners, and multilateral 
institutions to highlight China’s persecution of 
Falun Gong and coordinate closely with the inter-
national community on targeted sanctions and visa 
restrictions. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING WITHIN THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The President shall 
impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to each foreign person included in the most recent 
list submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 
(b) LIST OF PERSONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a list of foreign persons who the 
President determines to have knowingly and directly 
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engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting 
of organs within the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) UPDATES OF LISTS.—The President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an updated list under paragraph (1)— 
(A) as new information becomes available; 
(B) not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(C) annually thereafter until the date of 
termination under subsection (h). 
(3) FORM.—The list required by paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The President 
shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-
dent by the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (except that 
the requirements of section 202 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701) shall not apply) to the extent nec-
essary to block and prohibit all transactions in prop-
erty and interests in property of the person if such 
property and interests in property are in the United 
States, come within the United States, or are or 
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come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) INADMISSIBILITY
OF
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.— 
(A) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 
OR PAROLE.—A foreign person included in the 
most recent list submitted pursuant to sub-
section (b) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or other 
documentation to enter the United States; 
and 
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.—A foreign 
person described in subparagraph (A) is also 
subject to the following: 
(i) Revocation of any visa or other 
entry documentation regardless of when 
the visa or other entry documentation is or 
was issued. 
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(ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall 
take effect immediately and automatically 
cancel any other valid visa or entry docu-
mentation that is in the foreign person’s 
possession. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—Sanctions under paragraph 
(2) shall not apply to an alien if admitting or parol-
ing the alien into the United States is necessary to 
permit the United States to comply with the Agree-
ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na-
tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 
United Nations and the United States, or other ap-
plicable international obligations of the United 
States. 
(d) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person who violates, attempts to violate, con-
spires to violate, or causes a violation of regulations pro-
mulgated to carry out subsection (a) to the same extent 
that such penalties apply to a person who commits an un-
lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
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(e) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH NATIONAL SECU-
RITY.—The following activities shall be exempt from sanc-
tions under this section: 
(1) Activities subject to the reporting require-
ments under title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 
(2) Any authorized intelligence or law enforce-
ment activities of the United States. 
(f) EXCEPTION RELATING TO PROVISION OF HUMAN-
ITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under this section may 
not be imposed with respect to transactions or the facilita-
tion of transactions for— 
(1) the sale of agricultural commodities, food, 
or medicine; 
(2) the provision of vital humanitarian assist-
ance; 
(3) financial transactions relating to humani-
tarian assistance or for humanitarian purposes; or 
(4) transporting goods or services that are nec-
essary to carry out operations relating to humani-
tarian assistance or humanitarian purposes. 
(g) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) WAIVER.—The President may, on a case by 
case basis, waive the imposition of any sanction 
under this section if the President determines such 
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waiver is in the vital national security interest of the 
United States. 
(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date on which the President submits the list 
under subsection (b), and every 120 days thereafter 
until the date of termination under subsection (h), 
the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the extent to 
which the President has used the waiver authority 
under paragraph (1) during the period covered by 
that report. 
(h) SUNSET.—The authority to impose sanctions 
under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and the Director of the National Institutes of 
Health, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the organ transplant policies and prac-
tices of the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
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(1) a summary of de jure and de facto policies 
toward organ transplantation in the PRC, including 
with respect to prisoners of conscience (including 
Falun Gong) and other prisoners; 
(2)(A) the number of organ transplants that 
are known to occur or are estimated to occur on an 
annual basis in the PRC; 
(B) the number of known or estimated vol-
untary organ donors in the PRC; 
(C) an assessment of the sources of organs for 
transplant in the PRC; and 
(D) an assessment of the time, in days, that it 
takes to procure an organ for transplant within the 
Chinese medical system and an assessment of wheth-
er such timetable is possible based on the number of 
known or estimated organ donors in the PRC; 
(3) a list of all United States grants over the 
past ten years that have supported research on 
organ transplantation in the PRC or in collaboration 
between a Chinese and a United States entity; and 
(4) a determination as to whether the persecu-
tion of Falun Gong practitioners within the People’s 
Republic of China constitutes an ‘‘atrocity’’ (as such 
term is defined in section 6 of the Elie Wiesel Geno-
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cide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–441; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)). 
(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 
5. 
EXCEPTION 
RELATING 
TO 
IMPORTATION 
OF 
GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and requirements 
to impose sanctions authorized under this Act shall not 
include the authority or requirement to impose sanctions 
on the importation of goods. 
(b) GOOD DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man-made sub-
stance, material, supply or manufactured product, includ-
ing inspection and test equipment, and excluding technical 
data. 
SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
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