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A bill to require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and its officials, agents, or affiliates for acts of international terrorism.

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(R-TX)
Introduced:
Jan 13, 2025
Policy Area:
International Affairs

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Cosponsors
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Summaries
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Subjects
1
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Jan 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in Senate - Jan 13, 2025 00
<p>This bill requires the President to designate&nbsp;Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization.&nbsp;The President must also report to Congress a determination as to whether specified foreign persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah.</p>

Actions (2)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Senate
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 10000
Jan 13, 2025

Subjects (1)

International Affairs (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (7)

(R-SC)
Jan 15, 2025
(R-WY)
Jan 13, 2025
(R-AR)
Jan 13, 2025
(R-TN)
Jan 13, 2025
(R-FL)
Jan 13, 2025
(R-NC)
Jan 13, 2025

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in Senate

Jan 13, 2025

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Length: 2,015 characters Version: Introduced in Senate Version Date: Jan 13, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:10 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 70 Introduced in Senate

(IS) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 70

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and
its officials, agents, or affiliates for acts of international
terrorism.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2025

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Tillis, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To require the imposition of sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and
its officials, agents, or affiliates for acts of international
terrorism.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall designate Ansarallah as a
foreign terrorist organization pursuant to
section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

(b) Determination Required.--Not later than 30 days after the
President makes the designation required by subsection

(a) , the
President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives a determination regarding whether the following foreign
persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah:

(1) Abdul Malik al-Houthi.

(2) Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi.

(3) Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim.
(c) Ansarallah Defined.--In this section, the term ``Ansarallah''
means the movement known as Ansarallah, the Houthi movement, or any
other alias.
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