S.F. No. 3335 - Summary

• Expresses concern over reports of systematic, state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, particularly Falun Gong practitioners, since 1999.

• Documents that organ transplant operations in China increased more than 500 percent within five years after 1999, with no credible explanation for the sudden increase in available donor organs.

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

• Calls on the U.S. President to undertake a full investigation by the State Department into Chinese organ transplant practices and prosecution of those involved.

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