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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 20 (Friday, January 31, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8639-8640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02103]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 20 / Friday, January 31, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

[[Page 8639]]

                Executive Order 14175 of January 22, 2025

                
Designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist 
                Organization

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) (INA), it is hereby ordered as 
                follows:

                Section 1. Purpose. This order sets in motion a process 
                by which Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, shall 
                be considered for designation as a Foreign Terrorist 
                Organization, consistent with section 219 of the INA (8 
                U.S.C. 1189).

                Supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 
                Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which arms and trains terrorist 
                organizations worldwide, the Houthis have fired at U.S. 
                Navy warships dozens of times since 2023, endangering 
                American men and women in uniform. Since seizing most 
                Yemeni population centers by force from the legitimate 
                Yemeni government in 2014-2015, the Houthis have 
                launched numerous attacks on civilian infrastructure, 
                including multiple attacks on civilian airports in 
                Saudi Arabia, the deadly January 2022 attacks on the 
                United Arab Emirates, and more than 300 projectiles 
                fired at Israel since October 2023. The Houthis have 
                also attacked commercial vessels transiting Bab al-
                Mandeb more than 100 times, killing at least four 
                civilian sailors and forcing some Red Sea maritime 
                commercial traffic to reroute, which has contributed to 
                global inflation.

                The Houthis' activities threaten the security of 
                American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, 
                the safety of our closest regional partners, and the 
                stability of global maritime trade.

                Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States 
                to cooperate with its regional partners to eliminate 
                Ansar Allah's capabilities and operations, deprive it 
                of resources, and thereby end its attacks on U.S. 
                personnel and civilians, U.S. partners, and maritime 
                shipping in the Red Sea.

                Sec. 3. Implementation. (a) Within 30 days of the date 
                of this order, the Secretary of State shall, after 
                consultation with the Director of National Intelligence 
                and the Secretary of the Treasury, submit a report to 
                the President, through the National Security Council, 
                concerning the designation of Ansar Allah as a foreign 
                terrorist organization consistent with 8 U.S.C. 1189.

                    (b) Within 15 days after submitting the report 
                required under subsection (a) of this section, the 
                Secretary of State shall take all appropriate action, 
                consistent with 8 U.S.C. 1189, with regard to a 
                designation of Ansar Allah as a terrorist organization.
                    (c) Following any designation of Ansar Allah as a 
                foreign terrorist organization under 8 U.S.C. 1189, the 
                Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 
                States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
                shall jointly conduct a review of the United Nations 
                partners, nongovernmental organizations, and 
                contractors through which USAID works in Yemen, and 
                identify any entities with a relationship with USAID 
                that have:

(i) made payments to members of, or governmental entities controlled by, 
Ansar Allah; or

(ii) criticized international efforts to counter Ansar Allah while failing 
to document Ansar Allah's abuses sufficiently.

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                    (d) The Administrator of USAID shall take all 
                appropriate action to terminate the projects, grants, 
                or contracts identified under subsection (c) of this 
                section as appropriate.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
                shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the 
head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 22, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02103
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