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

Bill: 118-s-3347
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-11-27
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the President to take actions against Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis.</p> <p>Specifically, the President must designate Ansarallah a foreign terrorist organization. The President must also impose sanctions on Ansarallah and any foreign person (individual or entity) that is an official, agent, or affiliate of Ansarallah. </p> <p>The President must also report to Congress a determination as to whether specified foreign persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3347 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 27, 2023 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Tillis , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Rubio , and Mr. Marshall ) 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.

1. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Ansarallah (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— (1) designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ); and (2) impose, with respect to Ansarallah and any foreign person the President determines is an official, agent, or affiliate of Ansarallah, the 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). (b) Determination required Not later than 30 days after the President makes the designation required by paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and imposes the sanctions required by paragraph (2) of that subsection, 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.