US Congress House Bill 2121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Introduced on April 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Pending: House Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Department of State to deny issuing a passport to, or to revoke an already-issued passport belonging to, an individual who has been convicted of certain offenses related to acquiring, receiving, receiving, or transferring human organs. The bill expands protections against severe forms of trafficking in persons to include trafficking for the purpose of removing a person's organs. The bill defines such trafficking to include the use of coercion, abduction, or fraud to recruit, transport, or harbor a person for the purpose of removing that person's organs. The State Department shall annually report to Congress on human trafficking conducted for organ tracking purposes, including descriptions of the sources and methods associated with such trafficking, State Department activities to address such trafficking, and activities by other countries to address such trafficking.

STOP Organ Trafficking Act Strategy To Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]
Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]
Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
2019-04-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-04-08	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2121/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2121/BILLS-116hr2121ih.pdf