Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3965 To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 17, 2021 Mr. CLYDE (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af- fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization and impose certain sanctions on Ansarallah, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Standing Against 4 Houthi Aggression Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 Congress finds the following: 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jul 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3965.IH H3965 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3965 IH (1) It was reported by Reuters on March 21, 1 2017, that Iran, a designated state sponsor of ter- 2 ror, sent advanced weapons and military advisers to 3 assist and support Yemen’s Ansarallah, commonly 4 referred to as the ‘‘Houthis’’. 5 (2) On January 19, 2021, the Trump Adminis- 6 tration designated Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist 7 organization and a specially designated global ter- 8 rorist. 9 (3) On February 16, 2021, Secretary of State 10 Blinken revoked the designation of Ansarallah as a 11 foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 12 219(a)(6)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 13 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)(6)(A)). 14 (4) On March 7, 2021, an Ansarallah drone 15 strike had been intercepted by Saudi Arabia which 16 targeted an oil storage yard at Ras Tanura. 17 (5) On March 19, 2021, another Ansarallah 18 drone strike hit a Riyadh oil refinery which caused 19 a fire that was brought under control. 20 (6) After the March 19, 2021, attack, Ansaral- 21 lah proclaimed that they launched six drones at a 22 Saudi Aramco facility, and vowed to continue oper- 23 ations against Saudi Arabia as long as ‘‘its aggres- 24 sion against Yemen would continue’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jul 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3965.IH H3965 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3965 IH SEC. 3. DESIGNATION AS FTO; IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS. 1 (a) DESIGNATION AS FTO.—Not later than 90 days 2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 3 of State shall designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist 4 organization pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigra- 5 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 6 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 9 shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph 10 (2) with respect to— 11 (A) Ansarallah; and 12 (B) any foreign person that is a member, 13 agent, or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by 14 Ansarallah. 15 (2) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de- 16 scribed in this paragraph are sanctions applicable 17 with respect to a foreign person— 18 (A) pursuant to Executive Order 13224 19 (50 22 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 20 property and prohibiting transactions with per- 21 sons who commit, threaten to commit, or sup- 22 port terrorism); and 23 (B) from Yemen pursuant to Executive 24 Order 13780. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:18 Jul 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3965.IH H3965 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS