Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act
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Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act
This bill requires (1) the Department of State to designate Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and any foreign person who is a member, agent, or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by, Ansarallah.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
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Cosponsors
20
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McCormick, David
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Blackburn, Marsha
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Britt, Katie Boyd
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Budd, Ted
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Capito, Shelley Moore
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Cassidy, Bill
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Collins, Susan M.
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Cornyn, John
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Cotton, Tom
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Crapo, Mike
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Ernst, Joni
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Fischer, Deb
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Grassley, Chuck
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Hoeven, John
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Lankford, James
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
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Ricketts, Pete
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Schmitt, Eric
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Scott, Rick
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Sheehy, Tim
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 159: Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-159/
"S. 159: Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-159/.
S. 159, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-159/.
[S. 159: Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-159/)