House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Falun Gong Protection Act
Official title: To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 5, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 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. 1540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):Article 1 section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1540, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1540
- 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.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
- H.Con.Res. 73 (119th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band…
- H.Con.Res. 9 (119th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band…
- H.R. 1342 (119th) Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act
- H.R. 1210 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
- H.R. 3563 (119th) Taiwan PLUS Act
- H.R. 5525 (119th) Stop DC CAMERA Act
Related bills
- S. 817 (119th) Falun Gong Protection ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.