HF 2166 Summary

• Resolution expressing concern over reports of systematic, state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, particularly Falun Gong practitioners and religious and ethnic minorities.

• Calls on the Chinese government to immediately end organ harvesting from all prisoners and to end the 15-year persecution of Falun Gong practitioners.

• Calls on the President of the United States to conduct a full investigation by the Department of State into organ transplant practices in China and prosecute those engaged in such practices.

• Directs Minnesota to create a registry for residents who travel abroad to receive organ transplants and ban entry of individuals who participated in illegal removal of human tissues and organs.

• Directs the Minnesota Secretary of State to transmit copies of this resolution to federal officials and Congress.