,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ba1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,daines 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,sheehy1  
,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mrs4         
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4          
,ricketts1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,ms4 ,lummis1   
,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4     
,schmitt1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,scott of
 ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,britt1 ,ms4 ,collins1 
,mr4 ,cassidy1 and ,ms4 ,ernst7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to designate ,ansarallah as a  
foreign terrorist organization and      
impose certain sanctions on ,ansarallah1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,standing ,against ,houthi ,aggression  
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,it was reported by    
,reuters on ,march #ba1 #bjag1 that     
,iran1 a designated state sponsor of    

terror1 sent advanced weapons and       
military advisers to assist and support 
,yemen's ,ansarallah1 commonly referred 
to as the ,houthis4  7#b7 ,on ,january  
#ai1 #bjba1 the ,trump ,administration  
designated ,ansarallah as a foreign     
terrorist organization and a specially  
designated global terrorist4  7#c7 ,on  
,february #af1 #bjba1 ,secretary of     
,state ,blinken revoked the designation 
of ,ansarallah as a foreign terrorist   
organization pursuant to section        
#bai7;a77#f77;,a7 of the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aahi7;a77#f77;,a774  7#d7 ,on ,march   
#g1 #bjba1 an ,ansarallah drone strike  
had been intercepted by ,saudi ,arabia1 
which targeted an oil storage yard at   
,ras ,tanura4  7#e7 ,on ,march #ai1     
#bjba1 another ,ansarallah drone strike 
hit a ,riyadh oil refinery1 which caused
 a fire that was brought under control4 
7#f7 ,after the ,march #ai1 #bjba1      
attack1 ,ansarallah proclaimed that they
 launched six drones at a ,saudi ,aramco

 facility1 and vowed to continue        
operations against ,saudi ,arabia as    
long as its aggression against ,yemen   
would continue4  #c4 ,designation as    
foreign terrorist organization2         
imposition of sanctions  7a7            
,designation as foreign terrorist       
organization ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,state shall    
designate ,ansarallah as a foreign      
terrorist organization pursuant to      
section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4        
#aahi7;a774  7b7 ,imposition of         
sanctions  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president  
shall impose the sanctions described in 
paragraph 7#b7 with respect to-- 7,a7   
,ansarallah2 and  7,b7 any foreign      
person that is a member1 agent1 or      
affiliate of1 or owned or controlled by1
 ,ansarallah4  7#b7 ,sanctions described
 ,the sanctions described in this       

paragraph are-- 7,a7 sanctions          
applicable with respect to a foreign    
person pursuant to ,executive ,order    
#acbbd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2       
relating to blocking property and       
prohibiting transactions with persons   
who commit1 threaten to commit1 or      
support terrorism72 and  7,b7 sanctions 
described in ,executive ,order #acghj   
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb note2 relating to   
protecting the ,nation from foreign     
terrorist entry into the ,united        
,states71 as in effect on ,january #ai1 
#bjba1 with respect to nationals of     
,yemen4