Dismantle Iran's Proxy Act of 2025 (proposed US Senate bill)

S. 145, the Dismantle Iran's Proxy Act of 2025, is a proposed United States Senate bill concerning Ansarallah. It was introduced on 16 January 2025 and referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The official congressional bill-status data retrieved on 15 October 2026 still record introduction and referral on 16 January 2025 as the only actions. The bill has not passed either chamber and has no legal force (GovInfo bill-status record).

Proposed provisions

The introduced bill would require specified action concerning Ansarallah, including a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation, blocking sanctions, determinations concerning named persons and a strategy addressing offensive capabilities and navigation in the Red Sea and adjacent waters (S. 145 as introduced). It would also require a report on obstacles to humanitarian aid in areas under Ansarallah's de facto control. These are proposed congressional mandates. They do not currently compel the President, designate a person or block property.

The introduced print listed 14 original cosponsors. The official bill-status record lists 20 cosponsors at the review date. Proposed determinations record legislative intent, not independently adjudicated facts about Iranian direction, personal status, capabilities or humanitarian effects.

Existing authority and operative designation

Executive action overtook one central premise of the bill. Executive Order 14175 directed a review and action process in January 2025, but did not itself complete a foreign-terrorist-organisation designation (90 Fed. Reg. 8639). The Secretary of State's notice under existing 8 USC section 1189 designated Ansarallah effective on publication on 5 March 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 11352; 8 USC section 1189). S. 145 was not the legal authority for that action.

Foreign Terrorist Organization status also differs from Specially Designated Global Terrorist status under Executive Order 13224. Ansarallah's SDGT designation took effect on 16 February 2024. OFAC subsequently added the FTO designation to the existing sanctions-list entry and adjusted associated general licences (OFAC FAQ 1219). Announcement, effective designation and later implementation should not be collapsed into a single date.

Statecraft significance

The bill belongs in context as evidence of declared congressional intent to harden denial and coercive measures through statute. It did not impose costs. Its status, text and relationship to current executive authorities must be rechecked if Congress amends, incorporates, enacts or allows it to expire.

See also

Economic statecraft · Ansar Allah (Houthis) · Terrorist-financing designation (SDGT) · Executive Order 13224 (2001) · Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (2017)

Sources

• United States Congress, *S. 145, Dismantle Iran's Proxy Act of 2025, official bill-status data*, retrieved 15 October 2026; latest action 16 January 2025.
• United States Senate, S. 145 as introduced (16 January 2025), section 2.
• President of the United States, Executive Order 14175: Designation of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, 90 Fed. Reg. 8639 (signed 22 January 2025, published 31 January 2025), sections 1 and 3.
• United States Secretary of State, Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Ansarallah, 90 Fed. Reg. 11352 (5 March 2025).
• Office of the Law Revision Counsel, 8 USC section 1189, Designation of foreign terrorist organizations, consolidated text through Public Law 119-120 (7 October 2026), checked 15 October 2026.
• Office of Foreign Assets Control, FAQ 1219 on Ansarallah's FTO designation and implementation, checked 15 October 2026.