US Congress House Resolution 281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 27 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-07-30 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Calls on China (PRC) to end the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners, and particularly from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups. Calls for a Department of State investigation into organ transplant practices in China, and for the prosecution of those found to have engaged in such practices. Demands an end to the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice by the Communist Party of China and the release of all Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience. Recommends that: (1) the Department issue a travel warning for U.S. citizens traveling to China for organ transplants informing them that the organ source for their operation may be a prisoner of conscience; and (2) the U.S. government condemn organ transplantation abuses in China, ban the entry of those who have participated in such activities, and prosecute such individuals should they be found on U.S. soil.

Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Curt Clawson [R-FL]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC]	Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Trey Radel [R-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Rep. Scott Rigell [R-VA]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]	Rep. Marlin Stutzman [R-IN]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-30	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2014-07-30	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-12-11	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
2013-12-11	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-07-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
2013-07-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
2013-06-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/281/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hres281/BILLS-113hres281ih.pdf