Congress Needs to Pass Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Bill: Report

Published on May 13, 2024

A congressional committee is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would punish the Chinese regime for its horrific practice of forced organ harvesting. The bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) released its 2023 annual report on human rights conditions in China on May 10. The report covered a wide range of topics related to Beijing’s human rights violations and offered a list of recommendations to Congress and the Biden administration. One recommendation for Congress is to pass the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act. The House version of the legislation (H.R.1154) passed by a vote of 413–2 in March last year, while the Senate version (S.761) has yet to advance out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since it was introduced in 2023. CECC Chairman Rep. Chris Smtih (R-N.J.) was the principal sponsor of the House bill....

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