Sec. 404. Measures in response to Iranian actions aggravating the civil war in Yemen
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Congress makes the following findings: On November 10, 2014, the administration of President Barack Obama designated the leadership of the Iranian-supported Houthi insurgent group, and the ally of that group, the former President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, for the imposition of sanctions under Executive Order 13611 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of persons threatening the peace, security, or stability of Yemen). Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has transferred increasingly sophisticated weapons systems to the Houthis, who have in turn fired missiles into Saudi Arabia from positions in northern Yemen, including a missile in November 2017 that targeted Riyadh International Airport.
In response, then-Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called on the United Nations and international partners to take necessary action to hold the Iranian regime accountable for these violations . In addition to weapons, Iran is reportedly providing proxies, including Hezbollah, to train Houthi units and act as logistical advisers. The Iranian-supported Houthis have attacked coalition or coalition-affiliated maritime targets multiple times, a United States Navy ship twice, and other shipping, forcing the United States to respond with a combination of diplomacy and calibrated military strikes against three radar facilities in Houthi-controlled territory.
It is the policy of the United States— to condemn the activities conducted by the Government of Iran that— aggravate the civil war in Yemen; or undermine United Nations peace efforts in Yemen; and to call on all responsible governments to take measures to reduce conflict in Yemen, including by— interdicting weapons being transferred from Iran to the Houthis; and imposing bilateral and multilateral sanctions with respect to Iran for its violations of United Nations Security Council Resolutions with respect to Yemen.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the actions taken by the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury to carry out Executive Order 13611 that includes— a description of the activities carried out by Iranian persons that are subject to sanctions under that Executive order; and an identification of the persons with respect to which sanctions have been imposed under that Executive order for aggravating the civil war in Yemen.
Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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