The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has moved forward with S.4009, the “Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act”, introduced by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). The bill has been placed on the committee’s business meeting agenda with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. This means the bill has entered the formal committee review and amendment process, bringing it one step closer to possible consideration by the full Senate.