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House Memorial 1
A memorial to the President and Congress of the United 2
States, urging the President and Congress to condemn 3
the People's Republic of China for its practice of 4
forcibly removing human organs for transplant and to 5
pass and adopt certain punitive legislation and 6
measures against China for such violation of human 7
rights. 8
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WHEREAS, for nearly two decades, the communist regime of 10
the People's Republic of China ha s been engaged in the vile 11
practice of forcibly removing human organs for transplant, and 12
WHEREAS, on June 17, 2019, the Independent Tribunal Into 13
Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China 14
released its final judgment containing the fin ding that China's 15
communist regime has for decades practiced systematic forced 16
organ removal from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong 17
practitioners, Tibetan Buddhists, House Church Christians, and 18
the Uyghurs, and 19
WHEREAS, China has welcomed an influx of transplant tourism 20
whereby individuals who are critically in need of transplants 21
pay thousands of dollars for one of the 60,000 to 90,000 22
transplant surgeries conducted each year, with the number of 23
transplants far exceeding the number of volunta ry organ 24
donations in the country, and 25
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WHEREAS, while a patient in the United States is typically 26
placed on a waiting list for the transplant of an organ, which 27
may not be available for months, Chinese hospitals are able to 28
schedule transplants of major o rgans within 2 weeks, suggesting 29
nefarious foreknowledge regarding the circumstances surrounding 30
the donation of these organs, and 31
WHEREAS, in July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party launched 32
an intensive, nationwide persecution of Falun Gong, a spiritual 33
practice centered on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and 34
tolerance, and 35
WHEREAS, in 2015, Freedom House, a nonprofit, 36
nongovernmental organization, reported that Falun Gong 37
practitioners are the primary victims of forced organ removal 38
and face an elevated risk of dying or being killed while 39
imprisoned, and 40
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2020, former Secretary of State 41
Michael R. Pompeo denounced 21 years of persecution of Falun 42
Gong practitioners by China's communist regime, and 43
WHEREAS, the United Nations Committee Against Torture and 44
the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 45
Degrading Treatment or Punishment have called on the Chinese 46
government to account for the sources of organs used in its 47
transplant practices, and 48
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WHEREAS, several organizations have called for the 49
imposition of sanctions on Chinese medical authorities for 50
China's transplant practices, and 51
WHEREAS, the parliaments of Canada and the European Union, 52
as well as the United States House of Representatives Committee 53
on Foreign Affairs, have adopted resolutions condemning organ 54
harvesting from prisoners of conscience, and 55
WHEREAS, it is imperative to join the international outcry 56
against this major violation of human rights by the People's 57
Republic of China, NOW, THEREFO RE, 58
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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 60
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That the President and Congress of the United States are 62
urged to condemn the People's Republic of China for its practice 63
of forcibly removing human organs for transplant and to pass 64
legislation and adopt measures that prohibit collaboration 65
between United States medical and pharmaceutical companies and 66
any Chinese counterparts linked with forced organ harvesting, 67
that ban individuals who have participated in the unethical 68
removal of human tissues and organs from entering the United 69
States, and that provide for the prosecution of such 70
individuals. 71
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be 72
dispatched to the President of the United States, to the 73
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President of the United Stat es Senate, to the Speaker of the 74
United States House of Representatives, and to each member of 75
the Florida delegation to the United States Congress. 76