Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act

Bill: 119-s-159
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-01-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires (1) the Department of State to designate Ansarallah, the&nbsp;Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and any foreign person who is a member, agent, or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by, Ansarallah.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 159 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 21, 2025 Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Grassley , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Sheehy , Mr. Budd , Mr. Cornyn , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Ricketts , Mr. Crapo , Ms. Lummis , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Schmitt , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mrs. Britt , Ms. Collins , Mr. Cassidy , and Ms. Ernst ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) It was reported by Reuters on March 21, 2017, that Iran, a designated state sponsor of terror, 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 Administration designated Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and a specially designated global terrorist. (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, Ansarallah proclaimed that they launched six drones at a Saudi Aramco facility, and vowed to continue operations against Saudi Arabia as long as its aggression against Yemen would continue . 3. Designation as foreign terrorist organization; imposition of sanctions (a) Designation as foreign terrorist organization 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 Immigration 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 described in this paragraph are— (A) 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); and (B) sanctions described in Executive Order 13780 ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 note; relating to protecting the Nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States), as in effect on January 19, 2021, with respect to nationals of Yemen.