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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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 22, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02103 

Filed 1–30–25; 8:45 am] 

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