The House of Representatives, by voice vote with no objections, passed a bill on May 5 aimed at ending Beijing’s persecution of the spiritual group Falun Gong.
The bill, the Falun Gong Protection Act (HR 1540), passed with broad bipartisan support and includes provisions to sanction individuals implicated in the forced harvesting of organs of Falun Gong practitioners.
The sanctions would apply to a list of foreign nationals “who the President determines to have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting of organs within the People’s Republic of China,” the bill states.
Sanction penalties include blocking an offender from entering the United States, invalidating the offender’s visa, and imposing criminal punishment of fines of up to $1 million and 20 years in prison, among others….
House Passes Falun Gong Protection Act to Counter CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
