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that such penalties apply to a person who commits an un-
lawful act described in section 206(a) of that Act. 
(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.— 
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(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 
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. 
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(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
(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 
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term is defined in section 6 of the Elie Wiesel Geno-
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 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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