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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6487. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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—Degrading Houthi Networks
SEC. 1271. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the “Degrading Houthi
Networks in the Horn of Africa”.
SEC. 1272. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that degrading the Houthis
support networks in the Horn of Africa is within the national
security interests of the United States and will further
degrade Iran's proxy terrorist network.
SEC. 1273. DEFINED TERM.
In this subtitle, the term “appropriate congressional
committees” means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
SEC. 1274. STRATEGY ON COUNTERING HOUTHI SMUGGLING NETWORKS
IN THE HORN OF AFRICA.
(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
collaboration with the heads of other relevant Federal
departments and agencies, shall—
(1) develop a strategy for identifying, degrading, and
countering smuggling networks in the Horn of Africa that
provide material and financial support for the Houthis;
(2) submit a copy of such strategy to the appropriate
congressional committees; and
(3) initiate the implementation of such strategy.
(b) Elements.—The strategy required under subsection (a)
shall include—
(1) a description of—
(A) the main smuggling routes utilized by the Houthis
originating from the Horn of Africa, specifically from
Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, or other relevant Horn of Africa
countries that have domestic entities supporting smuggling
networks for the Houthis;
(B) the types of materials and dual-use items which these
networks are funneling to the Houthis, specifically dual-use
components utilized in domestic weapons manufacturing; and
(C) which individuals, companies, or networks referred to
in subparagraph (B) that are subject to United States
sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701
note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or
support terrorism); and
(2) a description of the Department of State's plans to
analyze how to best deter Houthi smuggling networks within
the Horn of Africa.
(c) Form.—The strategy required under subsection (a) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
classified annex.
SEC. 1275. BRIEFING AND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE STRATEGY TO COUNTER HOUTHI SMUGGLING
NETWORKS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA.
(a) Briefing Required.—Not later than 90 days after the
date on which the strategy required under section 1274 is due
to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees,
senior officials of the Federal departments and agencies
involved in the development of such strategy shall provide a
briefing to the appropriate congressional committees that
sets forth the plan for implementing such strategy.
(b) Annual Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the
following 5 years, the Secretary of State shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees that
describes the implementation of the strategy required under
section 1274, including a description of—
(A) the feasibility of imposing sanctions, including the
sanctions authorized under Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C.
1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or
support terrorism), to counter the Houthi networks;
(B) the extent to which the Houthis collaborate with Al-
Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Shabaab, and other
regional terrorist groups; and
(C) how the collaborations referred to in subparagraph (B)
threatens the national security interests of the United
States.
(2) Form.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.