1HOUSE · MAY 7, 2025
Passed the House
406–1PASSED
R 203–1 D 203–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 119 · 25 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Official title: To combat forced organ harvesting and trafficking in persons for purposes of the removal of organs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2025 · 406–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1503.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H730):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1503, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1503
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Foreign Affairs Committee, Judiciary Committee, Foreign Relations CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1503. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 4348 (119th) To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5160 (119th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1144 (119th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.