[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 180 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 180

    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the 
 People's Republic of China should stop the practice of harvesting and 
    transplanting organs for profit from prisoners that it executes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 1997

Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington (for herself, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Solomon, 
Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Cox of California, and Mr. Tiahrt) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee 
  on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the 
 People's Republic of China should stop the practice of harvesting and 
    transplanting organs for profit from prisoners that it executes.

Whereas the People's Republic of China is not governed by the rule of law--its 
        criminal code is administered arbitrarily by members of the Chinese 
        Communist Party in ways that allow the party to maintain its monopoly on 
        political power;
Whereas according to Amnesty International, in 1996 the People's Republic of 
        China executed 4,367 individuals--a number greater than the aggregate 
        number of executions recorded in all other countries during the same 
        period;
Whereas there is credible evidence that the Government of the People's Republic 
        of China systematically harvests organs from a large number of prisoners 
        that it executes;
Whereas there is credible evidence that a large proportion of these harvested 
        organs are sold for profit to foreigners and are transplanted at 
        hospitals operated by the Government of the People's Republic of China 
        and staffed by government-trained doctors;
Whereas this practice of harvesting and transplanting organs has been documented 
        by official records of the Government of the People's Republic of China; 
        and
Whereas individual agents seeking to sell these harvested organs have been 
        determined by ABC News to be operating within the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the Government of the People's Republic of China should 
        stop the practice of harvesting and transplanting organs for 
        profit from prisoners that it executes;
            (2) the Government of the People's Republic of China should 
        be strongly condemned for such organ harvesting and 
        transplanting practice;
            (3) the President should bar from entry into the United 
        States any and all officials of the Government of the People's 
        Republic of China known to be directly involved in such organ 
        harvesting and transplanting practice;
            (4) individuals determined to be participating in or 
        otherwise facilitating the sale of such organs in the United 
        States should be prosecuted to the fullest possible extent of 
        the law; and
            (5) the appropriate officials in the United States should 
        interview individuals, including doctors, who may have 
        knowledge of such organ harvesting and transplanting practice.
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