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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR1848119th Congress
Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
Introduced
Summary
Targets Houthi human-rights abuses and interference with humanitarian aid through reporting and sanctions. This bill would require new State Department and USAID reports on Houthi indoctrination, aid obstruction, and enumerated abuses and would authorize sanctions under the Global Magnitsky and Levinson laws.
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- Families and civilians in Houthi-controlled areas would get a dedicated review of how Houthi-enforced rules, bureaucracy, and manipulation of beneficiary lists limit aid and civilian movement. The aid-obstruction report covers January 1, 2020 to 90 days after enactment.
- Humanitarian organizations and locally employed U.S. Embassy staff would be examined for violence, intimidation, diversion of assistance, and other interference with aid delivery.
- U.S. officials would report on Houthi indoctrination and abuses dating back to March 1, 2015 and make determinations within 180 days and annually about imposing Magnitsky or Levinson sanctions on Houthi members responsible for abuses or hostage-taking.
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Annual sanctions checks for Houthi abuses and hostage-taking
If enacted, State and Treasury would, within 180 days and then yearly, review Houthi members for sanctions. They would use Global Magnitsky rules for major human-rights abuses or blocking humanitarian aid. They would also use the Levinson Act and Executive Order 14078 for hostage-taking or unlawful detention of U.S. nationals, or support for it. The agencies would report their findings each year to the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations and the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees.
Act's authorities end after five years
If enacted, all powers in this bill would end five years after it becomes law. After that date, the reporting and sanction-review rules would stop. Congress would need to act again to continue them.
Defines who counts as a United States person
If enacted, the bill would define key terms used in its rules. It would spell out who is a United States person and who is a foreign person, and that Houthis means Ansarallah. It would also name the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations and the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees as the ones to get reports. These definitions would guide who could be reviewed or sanctioned.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
CA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]
FL • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
MA • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Gillen
NY • D
Sponsored 12/15/2025
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