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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2025
This bill requires the President to designate Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization. The President must also report to Congress a determination as to whether specified foreign persons are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah.
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Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham [R-AZ-8] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would require the President to formally designate Ansarallah, also called the Houthi movement, as a foreign terrorist organization under federal immigration law. It would also require the President to tell two congressional committees whether three named foreign individuals are officials, agents, or affiliates of the movement. These are proposed requirements.
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).
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.
The President would have to make the foreign terrorist organization designation within 30 days after enactment, using the authority specified in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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).
Within 30 days after making that designation, the President would have to submit a determination to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee about whether Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah. The provision requires an assessment; it does not itself decide their status.
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.
The proposed requirements would cover the movement under the names Ansarallah, the Houthi movement, or any other alias.
In this section, the term Ansarallah means the movement known as Ansarallah, the Houthi movement, or any other alias.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated February 4, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Judiciary Committee on February 12, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-02-04T04:26:29Z. 2025-02-12: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-12: Introduced in House
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