{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1503","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1503","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-21","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-05-07","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h119","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act","result":"Passed","yea":406,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":25,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll119.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2025-05-08"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-21","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":150},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets out measures against forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, including sanctions on persons the President identifies, passport denial or revocation for certain offenders, and additions to two annual State Department reports.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 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6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503/text/eh#H76892810AE924E7599496B2440DBFB57"}},{"text":"Requires the President to block all property and interests in property of a listed person that are in the United States or in the possession or control of a United States person, using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503/text/eh#H76892810AE924E7599496B2440DBFB57"}},{"text":"Makes a listed individual inadmissible to the United States and ineligible for a visa, and revokes any current visa or entry documentation of that individual.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503/text/eh#H76892810AE924E7599496B2440DBFB57"}},{"text":"Allows the President to waive sanctions on a case-by-case basis for periods of up to 180 days each, if the President certifies to the committees that the waiver is vital to United States national security interests.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503/text/eh#H76892810AE924E7599496B2440DBFB57"}},{"text":"Allows the Secretary of State to refuse to issue a passport to, or to revoke the passport of, an individual convicted under section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act who is subject to imprisonment or supervised release and who used a passport or crossed an international border in committing the offense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1503/text/eh#H07C5BF5D874448838DD6BC2CF2EE2C25"}},{"text":"Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 so that two existing reports, under sections 116 and 502B, must each include an assessment of forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for the removal of organs in each foreign country.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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H.R. 1503, 119th Congress: Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025. House: 406 Yea, 1 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 7 May 2025."}}