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FL H0791
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Status
Passed
6/10/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jason Fischer
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AI Summary
- Florida House Memorial urging the U.S. President and Congress to condemn the People's Republic of China for its systematic practice of forcibly removing human organs from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong practitioners, Tibetan Buddhists, House Church Christians, and Uyghurs
- Cites the June 17, 2019, final judgment of the Independent Tribunal Into Forced Organ Harvesting, which found decades of systematic forced organ removal by China's communist regime
- Notes that China conducts 60,000 to 90,000 transplant surgeries annually, far exceeding voluntary donations, with Chinese hospitals able to schedule major organ transplants within 2 weeks compared to months-long U.S. waiting lists
- Urges Congress to pass legislation prohibiting collaboration between U.S. medical and pharmaceutical companies and any Chinese entities linked to forced organ harvesting, and to ban individuals who participated in unethical organ removal from entering the United States
- Directs copies of the memorial to be sent to the U.S. President, the President of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House, and each member of Florida's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Organ Harvesting Practices of the People's Republic of China
Last Action
Signed by Officers and filed with Secretary of State
6/10/2022
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/24/2022
Health And Human Services12/13/2021
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