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H.R. 6413: STOP Organ Trafficking Act

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H.R. 6413: STOP Organ Trafficking Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-07-17 · International Affairs · Latest: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-07-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

STOP Organ Trafficking Act

Plain summary

Strategy To Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act or the STOP Organ Trafficking Act This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to combat trafficking in human organs and promote the establishment of voluntary organ donation systems. The bill authorizes the Department of State to refuse to issue a passport to, or revoke a previously issued passport from, a person convicted of trafficking in human organs who used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing such offense. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 is amended to: (1) include trafficking of persons for the removal of their organs in the definition of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and (2) direct the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to collect and organize data from human rights officers at U.S. embassies on host country laws against trafficking in human organs.

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Official text

STOP Organ Trafficking Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6413, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act (2018-10-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Brad Sherman (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6413 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115