Bill > HR8972

This bill aims to combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. The key provisions are: 1. It establishes a policy for the U.S. to combat international trafficking in persons for organ removal, promote voluntary organ donation systems, and protect the dignity and security of human life. 2. It authorizes the Secretary of State to deny or revoke passports for individuals convicted of organ trafficking offenses that involved use of a passport or crossing an international border. 3. It requires the State Department to include assessments of forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking in its annual human rights reports for foreign countries, and to provide additional reports ranking countries based on their levels of these practices and government efforts to combat them. 4. It requires the State Department to report on U.S. medical and educational institutions that train organ transplant surgeons from countries designated as having high levels of forced organ harvesting or government complicity. 5. It prohibits the export of organ transplant surgery devices to entities identified as being responsible for forced organ harvesting or organ trafficking. 6. It authorizes the President to impose property blocking and visa/entry restrictions on individuals and entities from countries designated as having high levels of these abuses who are involved in funding, supporting, or facilitating them.