Sec. 103. United States strategy for ending the war in Yemen
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In this title, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives . Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until a complete cessation of hostilities in the Yemen civil war, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress of the United States strategy to end the war in Yemen.
The briefing required under subsection
(b)shall include— a summary of the United States national security interests threatened by continued civil war and instability in Yemen; a description of the steps necessary to end the civil war in Yemen and achieve a territorially unified, stable, and independent Yemen; a description of efforts to implement the Stockholm Agreement; a description of whether the Saudi-led coalition, the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, local Yemeni forces, and Ansar Allah are taking the necessary steps referred to in paragraphs
(2)and (3); a description of United States activities to encourage all parties to take the necessary steps referred to in paragraphs
(2)and (3); an assessment of the threat posed by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in Yemen to United States national security, including— a comprehensive list of all sources of support received by these groups; and an assessment regarding whether the activities of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic State in Yemen have expanded or diminished since the beginning of the war in Yemen; an explanation of how the United States has used, and plans to use, its military and diplomatic leverage— to end the civil war in Yemen; and to move the stakeholders in the war toward a political process to end the war; an assessment of Iran’s activities in Yemen, including— a comprehensive summary of all recipients of illicit Iranian support in Yemen; and an assessment regarding whether the scope of Iran’s influence and activities in Yemen have increased or decreased since the beginning of the war in Yemen; a description of Russia’s activities in Yemen and an assessment of Russia’s objectives for such activities; and any other matters relevant to ending the civil war in Yemen.