House · HR 1503 · 119th Congress
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill targets people who run forced organ harvesting operations abroad. The President must report to Congress a list of those involved and impose financial and travel sanctions on them. The State Department can also deny or take away passports from people convicted of organ trafficking crimes.
In Favor
This bill creates a legal mechanism to hold foreign individuals and groups accountable for forced organ harvesting through asset freezes and entry bans. Those targeted are people who fund or run these operations, facing direct personal costs without requiring military action. Raising those costs discourages others who profit from facilitating this abuse.
Against
The bill gives the President wide power to sanction people based on his own findings with limited checks. Sanctions can hit the wrong people and are hard to undo once applied. Diplomatic flexibility is also reduced when the law locks in mandatory penalties before all facts are fully known.
Additional Considerations
Purpose & Problem
Is the problem real and worth federal action?
The bill targets forced organ harvesting and the trafficking of people across borders to remove their organs. It sets a policy of holding accountable those involved, including named members of the Chinese Communist Party.
Scope & Related Provisions
Does it stay focused, or carry unrelated add-ons?
The bill stays focused on forced organ harvesting and related trafficking. Its tools include sanctions, passport controls, and added reporting inside existing foreign aid oversight reports.
Who Is Affected
Who benefits, and who bears the cost?
People on a presidential sanctions list lose access to U.S. assets and cannot enter the United States. Americans convicted of organ trafficking crimes may lose their passports. Foreign governments and groups that carry out or fund forced organ removal also face these restrictions.
Cost & Funding
Is it affordable and responsibly funded?
The bill authorizes no specific dollar amount. It shifts duties onto the executive branch to produce reports, build a sanctions list, and enforce those sanctions using existing government agencies and legal powers.
Risks & Implementation
What could go wrong in practice?
The President must build and submit a sanctions list within 180 days, which requires gathering verified information on foreign actors. Agencies must also add forced organ harvesting assessments to existing country reports, adding new reporting duties to current workloads.
For the actual bill text, see congress.gov.
AI-generated · Published 6/5/2026