The U.S. Senate passed an amended forced-organ-harvesting sanctions bill by unanimous consent on September 28, 2026. The measure is not law: the House must act on the same text and presidential approval would still be required.
The U.S. Senate passed S.4009, the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act, with an amendment by unanimous consent on September 28, according to the Senate’s official floor record. An engrossed Senate text is now available, but the bill has not been enacted.
If enacted, S.4009 would require the president, within 180 days, to identify foreign persons determined to have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated forced organ harvesting in the People’s Republic of China. The bill directs the executive branch to impose property-blocking measures and immigration restrictions on persons placed on that list, subject to stated exceptions and waiver provisions.
The bill would also require the secretary of state, in consultation with health and intelligence officials, to submit a report within one year of enactment. The report would address China’s transplant policies and practices, estimates of transplant volumes and voluntary donors, possible organ sources and procurement times, relevant U.S.-funded research, and whether any systemic practice found by the government meets the statutory definition of an atrocity.
The Senate vote is a significant legislative step, but it is not the final one. The House would need to pass the same text—or Congress would need to reconcile different versions—before the measure could go to the president. Until then, none of the bill’s proposed sanctions or reporting deadlines has taken effect.