# 119-s-3451: Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act

119-s-3451, Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced (as of 2026-08-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3451
- Congress: 119
- Title: Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-01

## Summary

**Targets Houthi human-rights abuses through reporting and targeted sanctions.** This bill would require the State Department, working with the Treasury Department, to document Houthi indoctrination, interference with humanitarian aid, and specific human-rights violations and to use existing sanctions authorities against responsible individuals. - Humanitarian groups and civilians in Houthi-controlled areas would be the focus of a report within 180 days on barriers to aid, Houthi-enforced rules, manipulation of beneficiary data, and violence or intimidation, covering Jan 1, 2020 through 90 days after enactment. - Victims of abuse would be covered by a separate 180-day report on human-rights violations, including gender-based violence, Mahram regulations, child recruitment, enforced disappearance, prolonged detention, torture, and unlawful killing, scoped from March 1, 2015 through 90 days after enactment. - U.S. policy tools would expand to authorize targeted measures under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act and the Robert Levinson Hostage Taking and Accountability Act against Houthi members who restrict aid, commit abuses, take U.S. hostages, or materially support hostage-taking, with determinations due within 180 days and annually thereafter.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual Houthi hostage-sanctions review: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of State, with the Secretary of the Treasury, would tell Congress within 180 days and yearly whether certain Houthi members meet rules for sanctions under the Levinson hostage law and Executive Order 14078. The review would cover members responsible for, complicit in, or s…
- Annual Houthi human-rights sanctions review: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of State, with the Secretary of the Treasury, would report to Congress within 180 days and then every year. The report would say whether named Houthi members meet the rules for Global Magnitsky sanctions. It would cover members who knowingly block humanitarian aid or commi…
- Reports on Houthi abuses and aid access: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of State would send several reports to Congress within 180 days. One report would describe Houthi efforts to indoctrinate Yemenis and risks to regional stability. A human-rights report would cover March 1, 2015 through 90 days after enactment and list abuses including gend…
- Act ends after five years: mixed, low. If enacted, the Act would terminate five years after its enactment. After that date, the reporting requirements and the specific authorities created by this Act for determinations and related actions would stop. Agencies and persons covered would no longer be required to follow these mandates after…
- Who the bill covers and key terms: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would define key terms used for the reports and sanctions. It would name which congressional committees must receive reports. It would define 'Houthis' as Ansarallah, 'foreign person' as anyone who is not a United States person, and spell out what counts as a United States pers…

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## Sources
- [119-s-3451 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3451)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3451 (as of 2026-08-01).