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

Bill: 119-s-70
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the President to designate&nbsp;Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization.&nbsp;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 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 70 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 13, 2025 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cotton , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Scott of Florida , and Mrs. Blackburn ) 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 designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (b) Determination required Not later than 30 days after the President makes the designation required by subsection (a), 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.