A bill to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4009 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4009 To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2026 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. (2) Forced organ harvesting.--The term ``forced organ harvesting'' means the removal of one or more organs from an individual by means of coercion, abduction, deception, fraud, or abuse of power or a position of vulnerability. (3) Organ.--The term ``organ'' has the meaning given the term ``human organ'' in section 301(c)(1) of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 U.S.C. 274e(c)(1)). SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING WITHIN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person included in the most