S.F. No. 3426 Summary

• Expresses concern over reports of systematic, state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, particularly Falun Gong practitioners and Uighur minorities, citing a 500 percent increase in organ transplants within five years after 1999 with no credible explanation.

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

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

• Directs Minnesota to establish a registry for residents who travel abroad to receive organ transplants and ban entry of individuals who participated in illegal organ harvesting, with prosecution if found in Minnesota.

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