119-s159

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 159 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 159

To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose 
 certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 21, 2025

 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Sheehy, Mr. 
Budd, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Crapo, 
 Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Schmitt, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. 
Scott of Florida, Mrs. Britt, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Ernst) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose 
 certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Standing Against Houthi Aggression 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) It was reported by Reuters on March 21, 2017, that 
 Iran, a designated state sponsor of terror, sent advanced 
 weapons and military advisers to assist and support Yemen's 
 Ansarallah, commonly referred to as the ``Houthis''.

    (2) On January 19, 2021, the Trump Administration 
 designated Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and a 
 specially designated global terrorist.

    (3) On February 16, 2021, Secretary of State Blinken 
 revoked the designation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist 
 organization pursuant to 

section 219

    (a)

    (6)
        (A) of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189

    (a)

    (6)
        (A) ).

    (4) On March 7, 2021, an Ansarallah drone strike had been 
 intercepted by Saudi Arabia, which targeted an oil storage yard 
 at Ras Tanura.

    (5) On March 19, 2021, another Ansarallah drone strike hit 
 a Riyadh oil refinery, which caused a fire that was brought 
 under control.

    (6) After the March 19, 2021, attack, Ansarallah proclaimed 
 that they launched six drones at a Saudi Aramco facility, and 
 vowed to continue operations against Saudi Arabia as long as 
 ``its aggression against Yemen would continue''.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION; IMPOSITION OF 
 SANCTIONS.

    (a) Designation as Foreign Terrorist Organization.--Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization 
pursuant to 

section 219

    (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189

    (a) ).

    (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the 
 sanctions described in paragraph

    (2) with respect to--
        (A) Ansarallah; and
        (B) any foreign person that is a member, agent, or 
 affiliate of, or owned or controlled by, Ansarallah.

    (2) Sanctions described.--The sanctions described in this 
 paragraph are--
        (A) sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign 
 person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 
 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
 prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, 
 threaten to commit, or support terrorism); and
        (B) sanctions described in Executive Order 13780 (8 
 U.S.C. 1182 note; relating to protecting the Nation 
 from foreign terrorist entry into the United States), 
 as in effect on January 19, 2021, with respect to 
 nationals of Yemen.
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