[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 70 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 70

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


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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.
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