Creates a public list of foreign individuals tied to forced organ harvesting in China and hits them with asset and visa sanctions. Carves out humanitarian activity and ends the sanctions authority after five years. Orders a major State Department report on China’s transplant system and treatment of Falun Gong.
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Falun Gong Protection Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Latest action on H.R. 1540: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Who this affects: The bill directly targets foreign individuals found to be involved in involuntary organ harvesting in China by cutting off their access to U.S.-connected assets and U.S. travel. It also affects U.S. banks and businesses that would have to avoid prohibited dealings with listed people, and it shapes what humanitarian organizations can do by writing explicit carveouts for aid-related transactions. The reporting mandate would pull in U.S. agencies and could touch U.S. universities, hospitals, and researchers because it requires information about U.S. grants tied to organ-transplant research involving China.
Why this matters: This bill would put U.S. sanctions and visa tools squarely on alleged forced organ harvesting and the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, aiming pressure at specific individuals rather than at broad trade. If it becomes law, it could make it harder for named people to use the U.S. financial system or travel to the United States, and it would require an official U.S. government report with detailed findings that could shape later policy choices. The bill also sets guardrails—humanitarian protections, a national-security waiver, and a five-year expiration—that could narrow how far the sanctions reach and how long they last. How much it changes real-world conditions would depend on who gets listed, how strongly the rules are enforced, and how governments and institutions respond.
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Officially: Falun Gong Protection Act
Creates a public list of foreign individuals tied to forced organ harvesting in China and hits them with asset and visa sanctions. Carves out humanitarian activity and ends the sanctions authority after five years. Orders a major State Department report on China’s transplant system and treatment of Falun Gong.
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Introduced
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Senate Review
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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (5/6/2025)
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