HR 3694 · 114th Congress · International Affairs
STOP Organ Trafficking Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2016-06-14)
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Strategy To Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act or the STOP Organ Trafficking Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: kidnapping or coercion of individuals to extract their organs for profit contradicts the standards for ethical behavior upon which the United States has based its laws; harvesting of organs from living children, regardless of the level of brain activity, is a violation of the human rights of the child and is a breach of internationally accepted medical ethical standards; illegal harvesting and trafficking of human organs violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and efficient national organ donation systems with effective enforcement mechanisms that ensure voluntary organ donations are the most effective way to combat trafficking in human organs. The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to prohibit the issuance of a passport to, and revoke a previously issued passport from, a person convicted of trafficking in human organs who used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense. The President is authorized to exercise specified authorities under the International Emergency Economic Pow…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3694, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act
May 16, 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 20, 2016
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Cosponsors (11)
3 Democrats8 Republicans