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4	4	STSESSION S. 145
5	5	To require the redesignation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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8	8	Mr. R
9	9	ISCH(for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COTTON, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. GRA-
10	10	HAM, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Ms. ERNST, Mr.
11	11	M
12	12	ARSHALL, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT,
13	13	and Mr. R
14	14	OUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
15	15	referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To require the redesignation of Ansarallah as a foreign
18	18	terrorist organization.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dismantle Iran’s Proxy 4
23	23	Act of 2025’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF ANSARALLAH AS A FOREIGN 6
25	25	TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 7
26	26	(a) I
27	27	MPOSITION OFSANCTIONSWITHRESPECT TO 8
28	28	A
29	29	NSARALLAH.— 9
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33	33	(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 1
34	34	the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 2
35	35	shall— 3
36	36	(A) designate Ansarallah as a foreign ter-4
37	37	rorist organization pursuant to section 219 of 5
38	38	the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
39	39	1189); and 7
40	40	(B) impose, with respect to Ansarallah and 8
41	41	any foreign person the President determines is 9
42	42	an official, agent, or affiliate of Ansarallah, the 10
43	43	sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign 11
44	44	person pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 12
45	45	U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property 13
46	46	and prohibiting transactions with persons who 14
47	47	commit, threaten to commit, or support ter-15
48	48	rorism). 16
49	49	(2) D
50	50	ETERMINATION REQUIRED .—Not later 17
51	51	than 30 days after the President makes the designa-18
52	52	tion required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) 19
53	53	and imposes the sanctions required by subparagraph 20
54	54	(B) of that paragraph, the President shall submit to 21
55	55	the appropriate congressional committees a deter-22
56	56	mination regarding whether the following foreign 23
57	57	persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of 24
58	58	Ansarallah: 25
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61	61	•S 145 IS
62	62	(A) Abdul Malik al-Houthi. 1
63	63	(B) Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi. 2
64	64	(C) Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim. 3
65	65	(b) S
66	66	TRATEGYTODEGRADEANSARALLAHCAPA-4
67	67	BILITY INREDSEA.—Not later than 180 days after the 5
68	68	date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-6
69	69	mit to the appropriate congressional committees a strat-7
70	70	egy— 8
71	71	(1) to restore freedom of navigation in the Bab 9
72	72	al Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea, and adjacent water-10
73	73	ways; and 11
74	74	(2) to take appropriate steps to degrade the of-12
75	75	fensive capabilities of Ansarallah, including with re-13
76	76	spect to command and control, key leaders, intel-14
77	77	ligence sources supporting attacks by Ansarallah, le-15
78	78	thal aid, training, and materiel support. 16
79	79	(c) R
80	80	EPORT ONOBSTACLES TOPROVISION OFHU-17
81	81	MANITARIANAID INAREAS OFYEMENUNDERDE-FACTO 18
82	82	A
83	83	NSARALLAHCONTROL.— 19
84	84	(1) I
85	85	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 20
86	86	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-21
87	87	retary of State, in consultation with the Adminis-22
88	88	trator of the United States Agency for International 23
89	89	Development, shall submit to the appropriate con-24
90	90	gressional committees a report on obstacles to the 25
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93	93	•S 145 IS
94	94	provision of humanitarian aid by international orga-1
95	95	nizations and nongovernmental organizations in 2
96	96	areas of Yemen under the de-facto control of 3
97	97	Ansarallah. 4
98	98	(2) M
99	99	ATTERS TO BE INCLUDED .—The report 5
100	100	required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol-6
101	101	lowing: 7
102	102	(A) An identification of challenges to dis-8
103	103	tribution of humanitarian aid created by rules, 9
104	104	regulations, and bureaucracy of Ansarallah with 10
105	105	respect to access and freedom of movement, 11
106	106	and an assessment of the overall impact such 12
107	107	rules, regulations, and bureaucracy have on the 13
108	108	ability of the international community to dis-14
109	109	tribute humanitarian aid in a manner con-15
110	110	sistent with basic humanitarian principles. 16
111	111	(B) An assessment of attempted inter-17
112	112	ference by Ansarallah in the delivery of humani-18
113	113	tarian aid, including the manipulation or undue 19
114	114	influence of beneficiary lists or related data for 20
115	115	political or military purposes, and the implica-21
116	116	tions of any such interference on civilian needs 22
117	117	and aid distribution. 23
118	118	(C) An evaluation of the use of violence 24
119	119	and intimidation by Ansarallah against humani-25
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122	122	•S 145 IS
123	123	tarian workers and diplomats, including current 1
124	124	and former locally employed staff of the United 2
125	125	States embassy. 3
126	126	(D) An overview of the steps the United 4
127	127	States and its partners are taking to ensure hu-5
128	128	manitarian aid is delivered unhindered and con-6
129	129	sistent with basic humanitarian principles, in-7
130	130	cluding how organizations supported by the 8
131	131	United States respond to attempted diversion or 9
132	132	interference by Ansarallah. 10
133	133	(d) D
134	134	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
135	135	(1) A
136	136	NSARALLAH.—The term ‘‘Ansarallah’’ 12
137	137	means the movement known as Ansarallah, the 13
138	138	Houthi movement, or any other alias. 14
139	139	(2) A
140	140	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15
141	141	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16
142	142	mittees’’ means— 17
143	143	(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 18
144	144	the Senate; and 19
145	145	(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 20
146	146	the House of Representatives; 21
147	147	(3) F
148	148	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-22
149	149	son’’ means a person that is not a United States 23
150	150	person. 24
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154	154	(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-1
155	155	dividual or entity. 2
156	156	(5) U
157	157	NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 3
158	158	‘‘United States person’’ means— 4
159	159	(A) a national of the United States or an 5
160	160	alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 6
161	161	in the United States (as those terms are de-7
162	162	fined in section 101 of the Immigration and 8
163	163	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)); or 9
164	164	(B) an entity organized under the laws of 10
165	165	the United States or of any jurisdiction within 11
166	166	the United States, including a foreign branch of 12
167	167	such an entity. 13
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