[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3451-S3452]
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SA 6324. Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. McCormick) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title XII, add the following:
Subtitle F--Houthi Human Rights Accountability
SEC. 1271. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Houthi Human Rights
Accountability Act''.
SEC. 1272. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Houthi efforts to indoctrinate Yemenis into a violent,
anti-Semitic, and extremist worldview are a threat to a
Yemeni-led peace process and to regional stability; and
(2) it is counter to United States policy to provide
support to the Houthis in Yemen, including by supporting any
efforts by the Houthis to indoctrinate, coerce, or force
Yemenis to conform to their violent, anti-Semitic, and
extremist worldview.
SEC. 1273. REPORT ON HOUTHI INDOCTRINATION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on--
(1) Houthi efforts to indoctrinate Yemenis into a violent,
anti-Semitic, or extremist worldview; and
(2) the long-term threat this indoctrination campaign poses
to regional stability.
SEC. 1274. REPORT ON OBSTACLES TO PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN
AID IN AREAS OF YEMEN UNDER DE FACTO HOUTHI
CONTROL.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on obstacles to the provision of humanitarian aid by
international organizations and nongovernmental organizations
in areas of Yemen under de facto Houthi control.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An identification of challenges to distribution of
humanitarian aid created by Houthi-enforced rules,
regulations, and bureaucracy with respect to access, and
freedom of movement, and the overall impact on such rules,
regulations, and bureaucracy have on the international
community's ability to distribute such aid in a manner
consistent with basic humanitarian principles.
(2) An assessment of attempted Houthi interference in the
delivery of humanitarian aid, including the manipulation or
undue influence of beneficiary lists or related data for
political or military purposes, and the implications of any
interference on civilian needs and aid distribution.
(3) An evaluation of the Houthis' use of violence and
intimidation against humanitarian workers and diplomats,
including current and former United States Embassy locally
employed staff.
(4) An overview of the steps the United States and its
partners are taking to ensure humanitarian assistance is
delivered unhindered and consistent with basic humanitarian
principles, including how United States-supported
organizations respond to attempted Houthi diversion or
interference.
(c) Scope.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
address the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending
on the date that is 90 days after date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 1275. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED BY THE
HOUTHIS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on human rights abuses committed by the Houthis, including
gender-based discrimination and violence, including--
(1) Mahram regulations;
(2) the recruitment and use of child soldiers;
(3) enforced disappearance;
(4) prolonged and arbitrary detention;
(5) conduct that amounts to torture; and
(6) unlawful killing.
(b) Scope.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
address the period beginning on March 1, 2015, and ending on
the date that is 90 days after date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 1276. SANCTIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE GLOBAL MAGNITSKY
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a determination on whether foreign persons
described in subsection (b) meet the criteria for sanctions
authorized under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights and
Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law
114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) or are responsible for acts
that constitute gross violations of internationally
recognized human rights (as defined in section 502B(d)(1) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1))).
(b) Persons Described.--A foreign person described in this
subsection is a foreign person that--
(1) is a member of the Houthis; and
(2) knowingly--
(A) imposes unlawful restrictions on the delivery of
humanitarian assistance in Yemen; or
(B) engages in the human rights abuses described in section
5(a).
SEC. 1277. SANCTIONS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE ROBERT LEVINSON
HOSTAGE TAKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a determination on whether foreign persons
described in subsection (b) meet the criteria for sanctions
authorized under the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and
Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741 et seq.),
and Executive Order 14078 (22 U.S.C. 1741 note prec.;
relating to bolstering efforts to bring hostages and
wrongfully detained United States nationals home).
(b) Persons Described.--A foreign person described in this
subsection is a foreign person that--
(1) is a member of the Houthis; and
(2)(A) is responsible for or is complicit in, or
responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, the hostage taking of a United States national
abroad or the unlawful or wrongful detention of a United
States national abroad; or
(B) knowingly provides financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support
of, an activity described in subparagraph (A).
SEC. 1278. SUNSET.
This subtitle shall have no force or effect beginning on
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 1279. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the term ``foreign person'' means a person that is not
a United States person;
(3) the term ``Houthis'' refers to persons officially known
as ``Ansarallah'';
(4) the term ``person'' means and individual or entity; and
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(5) the term ``United States person'' means--
(A) a national of the United States;
(B) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States;
or
(C) an entity organized under the laws of the United States
or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a
foreign branch of such an entity.
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