Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act

This bill requires the Secretary of State to send Congress three reports within 180 days: one on Houthi efforts to teach Yemenis a violent, anti-Semitic, or extremist worldview; one on obstacles the Houthis create for humanitarian aid groups in areas they control; and one on human rights abuses by the Houthis, such as use of child soldiers, torture, and unlawful killing. It also requires the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of the Treasury, to decide each year whether Houthi members who block aid or commit these abuses qualify for sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act. A separate yearly decision must be made on whether Houthi members involved in taking U.S. nationals hostage or wrongfully detaining them qualify for sanctions under hostage-related law. The law would end 5 years after it is enacted.

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Sponsors

• Jacky Rosen Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors