Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 3/4/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2021-03-04Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-04 (00)
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2021
This bill establishes specified measures to combat forced organ harvesting and the international trafficking in persons for the purpose of removing their organs. These measures include (1) establishing property-blocking and visa-blocking sanctions, (2) prohibiting exports of certain surgery devices to entities that are identified as being responsible for forced organ harvesting or related human trafficking, and (3) requiring the Department of State to report on these practices.
Cosponsors (16)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Todd Young (R-IN)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal justice information and records
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign property
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Human rights
- Human trafficking
- Immigration status and procedures
- International organizations and cooperation
- Medical education
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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