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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3965 
To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain 
sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, and 
Mr. PERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
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 Representa-
tives 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: 
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(1) It was reported by Reuters on March 21, 
2017, that Iran, a designated state sponsor of ter-
ror, 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 Adminis-
tration designated Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist 
organization and a specially designated global ter-
rorist. 
(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, Ansaral-
lah proclaimed that they launched six drones at a 
Saudi Aramco facility, and vowed to continue oper-
ations against Saudi Arabia as long as ‘‘its aggres-
sion against Yemen would continue’’. 
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SEC. 3. DESIGNATION AS FTO; IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 
(a) DESIGNATION AS FTO.—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 Immigra-
tion 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 de-
scribed in this paragraph are sanctions applicable 
with respect to a foreign person— 
(A) pursuant to Executive Order 13224 
(50 22 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
property and prohibiting transactions with per-
sons who commit, threaten to commit, or sup-
port terrorism); and 
(B) from Yemen pursuant to Executive 
Order 13780. 
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