Sec. 1209. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES IN YEMEN CONTROLLED BY THE HOUTHI MOVEMENT

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## SEC. 1209 PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES IN YEMEN CONTROLLED BY THE HOUTHI MOVEMENT ###

(a)Prohibition No amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense by this Act may be used to provide security assistance to an entity in Yemen that is controlled by members of the Houthi movement. ###

(b)National Security Exception ####

(1)In general The prohibition in subsection

(a)shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense determines, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, that the provision of security assistance as described in that subsection is important to the national security interests of the United States. ####

(2)Notice and wait If security assistance as described in subsection

(a)is provided pursuant to an exception under paragraph (1), not later than 15 days before such assistance is so provided, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a notice on the provision of such assistance, together with an assessment by the Director of National Intelligence on whether any entity controlled by members of the Houthi movement to be provided such assistance is also receiving direct assistance from the Government of Iran. ####

(3)Appropriate committees of congress defined In this subsection, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ## Subtitle B Matters Relating to Afghanistan and Pakistan