Sec. 108. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons supporting the Houthis in Yemen

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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall determine if the Houthi movement (also known as Ansar Allah ) has engaged meaningfully in United Nations-led efforts for a comprehensive political settlement that leads to a territorially unified, stable, and independent Yemen. If the President is unable to make the determination described in subsection (a), the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection

(c)on any person that the President determines— has knowingly assisted, sponsored, provided, or attempted to provide significant financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the Houthis movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for, or on behalf of, the Houthi movement; has knowingly engaged in any activity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or direct or indirect transfer to or from the Houthi movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for or on behalf of the Houthi movement, of any firearms or ammunition, battle tanks, armored vehicles, artillery or mortar systems, aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, or explosive mines of any type (as such terms are defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms), ground-to-air missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, or related materiel, including spare parts; has knowingly provided any technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in paragraph

(2)to the Houthi movement in Yemen, its successor entities, entities that own or control, or are owned or controlled by, the Houthi movement, or entities acting for or on behalf of the Houthi movement; is a successor entity to a person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); is an entity that owns or controls, or is owned or controlled by, a person described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or is an entity that is acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). The sanctions described in this subsection are the following: In accordance with the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the President shall block all transactions in property, or interests in property, of a person subject to subsection

(b)if such property or interests in property— are in the United States; are transported into the United States; or are in, or come into, the possession or control of a United States person. The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the United States, any alien subject to subsection (b). The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of any such officer or Secretary) shall revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien subject to subsection (b), regardless of when such visa was issued. A revocation under subclause

(I)shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. Any letter of offer and acceptance, or license to export, any defense article or defense service controlled for export under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) or the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), as continued in force by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), requested by a person described in subsection

(b)shall be denied until the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that any action by such person described in subsection

(b)has ceased. The requirements under section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 ) shall not apply for purposes of the imposition of sanctions under this section. Any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of paragraph (1), (2), or

(3)of subsection (b), or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out such paragraph, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections

(b)and

(c)of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1705 ) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection

(a)of such section. The sanctions described in subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to any act incidental or necessary to the provision of urgently needed humanitarian assistance.

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