I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4397 
To require the President to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign 
terrorist organization, to direct the Secretary of State to submit a report 
to Congress regarding such designation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2025 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. FINE, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. BOST, and 
Mr. BARR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the President to designate the Muslim Brother-
hood as a foreign terrorist organization, to direct the 
Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress regard-
ing such designation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Muslim Brotherhood 
Terrorist Designation Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OPER-
ATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS; DETERMINATIONS.—Section 1002 of 
the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 (22 U.S.C. 5201) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Hamas is a Muslim Brotherhood branch, 
according to its charter, which describes Hamas as 
‘one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Pal-
estine’; 
‘‘(9) the Counter Terrorism Guide, published by 
the 
National 
Counterterrorism 
Center, 
states 
Hamas’s ‘roots are in the Palestinian branch of the 
Muslim Brotherhood’; 
‘‘(10) Hamas has been designated as a foreign 
terrorist organization by the Secretary of State pur-
suant to section 219(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)) and as a Specially 
Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Executive 
Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 
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persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 
terrorism); 
‘‘(11) on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists 
committed the worst 1-day massacre of Jews since 
the Holocaust, which included the murder, kidnap-
ping, or disappearance of at least 53 United States 
citizens; 
‘‘(12) the Muslim Brotherhood functions as a 
global organization and provides material support to 
Muslim Brotherhood branches in countries and terri-
tories by providing political support, financial re-
sources, training, services, expert advice, and com-
munications assistance; and 
‘‘(13) Muslim Brotherhood branches have 
sought to destabilize and undermine United States 
allies and partners throughout the Middle East, in-
cluding in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, 
and the United Arab Emirates, and have been out-
lawed as a terrorist group by the governments of 
those countries.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the PLO and 
its affiliates are a terrorist organization and’’ and 
replacing with ‘‘the PLO, the Muslim Brotherhood, 
and their affiliates are terrorist organizations and 
are’’. 
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son the President determines, based on credible evidence, 
is a Muslim Brotherhood member, including the meas-
ures— 
‘‘(1) related to inadmissibility and ineligibility 
described in subparagraph (A) of such section; and 
‘‘(2) requiring the immediate revocation of cur-
rent visas in accordance with subparagraph (B) of 
such section. 
‘‘SEC. 1007. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means an individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
‘‘(2) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.—The term ‘Mus-
lim Brotherhood’ means the Society of the Muslim 
Brothers (also known as ‘Jam at al-Ikhwn al- 
Muslimn’). 
‘‘(3) MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD
BRANCH.—The 
term ‘Muslim Brotherhood branch’ means any entity 
that is a branch, charity, or organization that is di-
rectly or indirectly owned or controlled, or otherwise 
directly or indirectly affiliated with the Muslim 
Brotherhood including— 
‘‘(A) Hamas and Lajnat al-Daawa al- 
Islamiya; and 
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‘‘(B) any other such organization operating 
in Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Can-
ada, Egypt, France, Gaza, Germany, India, In-
donesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Judea and Sama-
ria, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mauri-
tania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi 
Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, 
Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United 
Kingdom, Yemen, or in any other country or ju-
risdiction identified by the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(4) MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD
MEMBER.—The 
term ‘Muslim Brotherhood member’ means an indi-
vidual who is a member of, under the control of, or 
serving as a representative of, the Muslim Brother-
hood or a Muslim Brotherhood branch. 
‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a United States citizen; 
‘‘(B) a permanent resident of the United 
States; 
‘‘(C) a foreign national who is residing in 
the United States; and 
‘‘(D) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction of the 
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United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity.’’. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ENTI-
TIES AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD; MUSLIM BROTHER-
HOOD BRANCH; MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBER.— 
The terms ‘‘Muslim Brotherhood’’, ‘‘Muslim Broth-
erhood branch’’, and ‘‘Muslim Brotherhood member’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 1007 
of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, as added by sec-
tion 2(d). 
(2) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
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after, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
relevant congressional committees that— 
(1) identifies all Muslim Brotherhood branches, 
including branches operating in the countries and 
jurisdictions described in section 1007(2)(B) of the 
Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, as added by section 
2(d); and 
(2) for each such Muslim Brotherhood branch, 
includes a determination of whether— 
(A) the Muslim Brotherhood branch has 
been designated pursuant to any of the authori-
ties described in subsection (c); and 
(B) the activities of such Muslim Brother-
hood branch meets the criteria for such des-
ignation, or whether such entities engaged in 
conduct that may be constitute a ground for 
such designation, pursuant to any of the au-
thorities described in subsection (c). 
(c) AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.—The authorities de-
scribed in this subsection are the laws authorizing the des-
ignation of an entity as— 
(1) a foreign terrorist organization under sec-
tion 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); or 
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(2) a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pur-
suant 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). 
(d) SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall impose the sanctions described in paragraph 
(3) with respect to the Muslim Brotherhood or any 
successor organization. 
(2) SANCTIONS
AGAINST
MUSLIM
BROTHER-
HOOD BRANCHES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the submission of each report pursuant to 
subsection (b), in the case of any positive deter-
mination made related to a Muslim Brother-
hood branch the President shall impose— 
(i) the sanctions described in para-
graph (3)(A) on any Muslim Brotherhood 
branch that has been designated pursuant 
to subsection (c)(2)(A); and 
(ii) the sanctions described in para-
graph (3)(B) on any Muslim Brotherhood 
branch whose activities meet the criteria 
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for such designation in accordance with 
subsection (b)(2)(B). 
(B) MINIMUM
PERIOD.—The President 
may not remove the sanctions described in 
paragraph (3) from the Muslim Brotherhood 
during the 4-year period beginning on the date 
of the report in which such positive determina-
tion regarding a Muslim Brotherhood branch 
was made. 
(3) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
(A) designation as a foreign terrorist orga-
nization pursuant to section 219(a) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189(a)); and 
(B) imposition of the sanctions applicable 
with respect to a foreign person 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). 
(e) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex, if appropriate. 
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