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H.R. 1540119th CongressInternational Affairs
Falun Gong Protection Act
Sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) · 12 active : 10 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate10 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedMay 5, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govFalun Gong Protection Act
This bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign persons that have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated the involuntary harvesting of organs in China.
Sanctions may not be imposed on the importation of goods or with respect to specified transactions related to humanitarian assistance.
The authority to impose sanctions under this bill expires five years after enactment.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseBills of interest - exchange of · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Asia
- China
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Foreign property
- Human rights
- Medical ethics
- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Religion
- Sanctions
- Visas and passports
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 10Swing 70–100
- 72Middle 30–70
- 18Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
12 activeShow all 12 cosponsors
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX-5)
- Pat Fallon (R-TX-4)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)
- Randy K. Sr. Weber (R-TX-14)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-AL)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
