The House voted 413-2 Monday in favor of a measure to sanction China’s trade in human organs.
An estimated 60,000 to 100,000 young adults are killed annually by Chinese authorities for their organs, Rep. Chris Smith, New Jersey Republican, said on the House floor before the vote.
The victims include Uyghurs from northwest China and practitioners of Falun Gong, a movement outlawed by the government of Xi Jinping, he said. Only two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — voted against the measure. Neither representative’s office answered their phones after the vote, and The Washington Times has contacted each via email for comment.
The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023 will require reports on forced organ harvesting and trafficking overseas, particularly in China.
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