Falun Gong Protection Act

The bill would direct the President to compile and annually update a list of foreign persons who have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting of organs in China. Persons on that list would face two categories of sanctions: blocking of all property and property interests within U.S. jurisdiction under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and a visa ban rendering them inadmissible to the United States with any existing visas immediately revoked. The President may waive sanctions on a case-by-case basis for vital national security reasons, and must report to Congress every 120 days on waiver use. The sanctions authority would terminate five years after enactment.

The bill would not authorize sanctions on the importation of goods, and exempts transactions related to humanitarian assistance, agricultural commodities, food, or medicine. It would also require the Secretary of State — in consultation with HHS and NIH — to submit within one year a detailed report on China's organ transplant policies, including estimated transplant volumes, donor sources, and a determination on whether Falun Gong persecution meets the legal definition of an atrocity.

Foreign nationals determined by the President to have participated in China's forced organ harvesting program, who would face U.S. visa bans and asset freezes. Falun Gong practitioners in China are the primary victims whose persecution motivates the bill. U.S. persons and entities that might otherwise transact with sanctioned individuals would also be bound, and U.S. research institutions that have received grants tied to Chinese organ transplant research would be subject to disclosure in the required report.

If enacted, sanctioned individuals — including physicians, officials, or others linked to China's organ harvesting system — would be cut off from the U.S. financial system and barred from entering the country. The required government report could also create a formal U.S. legal record of the scale of China's practices and whether they rise to the level of atrocities, potentially setting the stage for broader diplomatic or legal action.

The President would have 180 days to submit the first list of sanctioned persons to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, with updates required annually and as new information emerges. The President must report every 120 days on waiver use. Treasury would administer IEEPA-based property-blocking measures, and State would enforce visa inadmissibility and revocations. Separately, the Secretary of State — consulting HHS and NIH — must deliver a comprehensive China organ transplant report within one year. All lists and reports may include classified annexes.