Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the President to impose sanctions on persons (individuals and entities) involved in forced organ trafficking and authorizes the Department of State to deny or revoke the passports of individuals convicted of certain crimes related to organ trafficking.

Highlights:

• Requires the President to impose sanctions on persons (individuals and entities) involved in forced organ trafficking and authorizes the Department of State to deny or revoke the passports of individuals convicted of certain crimes related to organ trafficking (Sec. 2-6).

• Requires that the President report to Congress a list of individuals who facilitate (Sec. 2-6):

• forced organ harvesting; or

• trafficking in persons for organ harvesting. For each person on the list, the President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions.

• Specifies that for each person on the list, the President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions (Sec. 2-6).

• Specifies that the State Department may deny or revoke the passport of an individual who has been convicted of a federal crime of knowingly transferring any human organ for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation, if the individual (Sec. 2-6):

• Is subject to imprisonment or supervised release resulting from that conviction; and

• Used a passport or crossed an international border when committing that crime.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text