STOP Organ Trafficking Act
- Last Action
- 4/26/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
- 2019-04-08Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2019-04-08Introduced in House
- 2019-04-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-04-08 (00)
Strategy To Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act or the STOP Organ Trafficking Act
This bill authorizes the Department of State to deny issuing a passport to, or to revoke an already-issued passport belonging to, an individual who has been convicted of certain offenses related to acquiring, receiving, receiving, or transferring human organs.
The bill expands protections against severe forms of trafficking in persons to include trafficking for the purpose of removing a person's organs. The bill defines such trafficking to include the use of coercion, abduction, or fraud to recruit, transport, or harbor a person for the purpose of removing that person's organs.
The State Department shall annually report to Congress on human trafficking conducted for organ tracking purposes, including descriptions of the sources and methods associated with such trafficking, State Department activities to address such trafficking, and activities by other countries to address such trafficking.
Cosponsors (8)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- Ron Wright (R-TX)
- Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
- Steve Watkins (R-KS)
- Dean Phillips (D-MN)
- John Curtis (R-UT)
Subjects
- Child health
- Crime victims
- Criminal justice information and records
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- Medical ethics
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Smuggling and trafficking
- Visas and passports
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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