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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 145
To require the redesignation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Mr. R
ISCH(for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COTTON, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. GRA-
HAM, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Ms. ERNST, Mr.
M
ARSHALL, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT,
and Mr. R
OUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To require the redesignation of Ansarallah as a foreign
terrorist organization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle Iran’s Proxy 4
Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF ANSARALLAH AS A FOREIGN 6
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 7
(a) I
MPOSITION OFSANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TO 8
A
NSARALLAH.— 9
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 1
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 2
shall— 3
(A) designate Ansarallah as a foreign ter-4
rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 5
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
1189); and 7
(B) impose, with respect to Ansarallah and 8
any foreign person the President determines is 9
an official, agent, or affiliate of Ansarallah, the 10
sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign 11
person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 12
U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 13
and prohibiting transactions with persons who 14
commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-15
rorism). 16
(2) D
ETERMINATION REQUIRED .—Not later 17
than 30 days after the President makes the designa-18
tion required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) 19
and imposes the sanctions required by subparagraph 20
(B) of that paragraph, the President shall submit to 21
the appropriate congressional committees a deter-22
mination regarding whether the following foreign 23
persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of 24
Ansarallah: 25
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(A) Abdul Malik al-Houthi. 1
(B) Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi. 2
(C) Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim. 3
(b) S
TRATEGYTODEGRADEANSARALLAHCAPA-4
BILITY INREDSEA.—Not later than 180 days after the 5
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-6
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a strat-7
egy— 8
(1) to restore freedom of navigation in the Bab 9
al Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea, and adjacent water-10
ways; and 11
(2) to take appropriate steps to degrade the of-12
fensive capabilities of Ansarallah, including with re-13
spect to command and control, key leaders, intel-14
ligence sources supporting attacks by Ansarallah, le-15
thal aid, training, and materiel support. 16
(c) R
EPORT ONOBSTACLES TOPROVISION OFHU-17
MANITARIANAID INAREAS OFYEMENUNDERDE-FACTO 18
A
NSARALLAHCONTROL.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 20
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-21
retary of State, in consultation with the Adminis-22
trator of the United States Agency for International 23
Development, shall submit to the appropriate con-24
gressional committees a report on obstacles to the 25
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provision of humanitarian aid by international orga-1
nizations and nongovernmental organizations in 2
areas of Yemen under the de-facto control of 3
Ansarallah. 4
(2) M
ATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—The report 5
required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-6
lowing: 7
(A) An identification of challenges to dis-8
tribution of humanitarian aid created by rules, 9
regulations, and bureaucracy of Ansarallah with 10
respect to access and freedom of movement, 11
and an assessment of the overall impact such 12
rules, regulations, and bureaucracy have on the 13
ability of the international community to dis-14
tribute humanitarian aid in a manner con-15
sistent with basic humanitarian principles. 16
(B) An assessment of attempted inter-17
ference by Ansarallah in the delivery of humani-18
tarian aid, including the manipulation or undue 19
influence of beneficiary lists or related data for 20
political or military purposes, and the implica-21
tions of any such interference on civilian needs 22
and aid distribution. 23
(C) An evaluation of the use of violence 24
and intimidation by Ansarallah against humani-25
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tarian workers and diplomats, including current 1
and former locally employed staff of the United 2
States embassy. 3
(D) An overview of the steps the United 4
States and its partners are taking to ensure hu-5
manitarian aid is delivered unhindered and con-6
sistent with basic humanitarian principles, in-7
cluding how organizations supported by the 8
United States respond to attempted diversion or 9
interference by Ansarallah. 10
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
(1) A
NSARALLAH.—The term ‘‘Ansarallah’’ 12
means the movement known as Ansarallah, the 13
Houthi movement, or any other alias. 14
(2) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
mittees’’ means— 17
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 18
the Senate; and 19
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 20
the House of Representatives; 21
(3) F
OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-22
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 23
person. 24
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(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-1
dividual or entity. 2
(5) U
NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 3
‘‘United States person’’ means— 4
(A) a national of the United States or an 5
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 6
in the United States (as those terms are de-7
fined in section 101 of the Immigration and 8
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); or 9
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 10
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 11
the United States, including a foreign branch of 12
such an entity. 13
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