HF 3961 Summary

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

• Cites evidence including a 500 percent increase in organ transplant operations in China within five years after 1999 (when Falun Gong persecution began), investigative findings by Canadian researchers, and 2006 admissions by Chinese hospital doctors regarding use of organs from Falun Gong prisoners

• Calls on the Government of China to immediately end organ harvesting from all prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and to end the 15-year persecution of Falun Gong

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

• Directs Minnesota to initiate a registry for residents who travel abroad for organ transplants and to ban entry of those who participated in illegal organ removal