Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025
This bill requires the President to take actions against Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis.
Specifically, the bill requires the President to designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require U.S. financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.)
The President must also (1) impose property blocking sanctions on Ansarallah and any foreign person who is an official, agent, or affiliate of the organization; (2) submit to Congress a determination as to whether three specified individuals are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah; and (3) submit to Congress a strategy to degrade the offensive capabilities of Ansarallah and to restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and nearby waterways.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Apr 4, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| R-PA | David McCormick | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Jon Husted | Apr 4, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12882 | Yemen: Terrorism Designation, U.S. Policy, and Congress | Resource | Mar 13, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the redesignation of Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 20, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
