From the Daily Caller: A bill aimed at curbing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) forced organ harvesting of cultural and religious minorities, including Christians, has “languished” in committee for seven months as Senate leaders have failed to act.
Republican New Jersey Rep. Christopher Smith, sponsor of the legislation that passed the House with a nearly unanimous vote, told the Daily Caller about the growing threat to Christians in China and the real consequences of delaying Senate action.
H.R. 1503, the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025, is not Smith’s first attempt to confront the practice. A 2023 version of the bill passed the House 413-2 before dying in the same place the current bill now sits: the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Smith chaired his first hearing on forced organ harvesting in 1998, hearing testimony from Chinese security officials. While the practice was once limited in scope, it exploded into a billion-dollar state enterprise following the CCP’s 1999 crackdown on Falun Gong.
The Daily Caller shares chilling details on a secretly recorded conversation with a Chinese doctor, who brags about their support of “fresh” organs available for transplants.
During a congressional hearing in May, Rep. Smith appealed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to support his bill, and Rubio agreed. However, Rubio warned that organ harvesting is not limited to China, but is happening in other parts of the world as well.
Thank you Senator @marcorubio for agreeing to help the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act (HR 1503) pass the Senate. Co-sponsor of the bill Congressman Chris Smith said how the Chinese Communist Party is making billions from killing tens of thousands of young people, targeting… pic.twitter.com/FVbSn7ITlI
— End Transplant Abuse In China (@ETAC_Global) May 29, 2025
Smith blasted China’s crackdown on freedom of religion in a November congressional hearing:
Why is China waging a war on religion?
“The party he (Xi Jinping) leads are terrified of religious faith.” Congressman Chris Smith said at @CECCgov hearing today.
Watch the full hearing: https://t.co/n4yYcgfbmz#ReligiousFreedom pic.twitter.com/0yiCQHyIEQ— China Commission (@CECCgov) November 20, 2025
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