Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025
This bill classifies the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, barring the group from operating offices, spending funds, or doing business in the United States. Foreign members and representatives of the organization and its international affiliates will be prohibited from entering the country, and their existing U.S. visas will be revoked. Additionally, the federal government must freeze the group's U.S.-linked financial assets and systematically evaluate its global branches for economic and travel sanctions.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it burdens
- Foreign members and representatives of the Muslim BrotherhoodBarred from obtaining U.S. visas, entering the United States, or receiving immigration parole, and subject to immediate revocation of any existing U.S. visas (Sec. 2(d)).
- Department of StateRequired to enforce visa and admission bans against foreign members of the group and produce an annual report to Congress evaluating worldwide branches for terrorist designations (Sec. 2(d), Sec. 3(b)).
- U.S. persons and organizations interacting with the Muslim BrotherhoodProhibited under the Anti-Terrorism Act from receiving funds from, spending money on behalf of, or maintaining an office for the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates (Sec. 2(b)).
Who opposes it
- The Muslim Brotherhood and affiliated organizationsDesignated as terrorist organizations under U.S. law, subjecting them to property-blocking sanctions, transaction bans, Foreign Terrorist Organization designations, and prohibitions on maintaining offices or transferring funds in the U.S. (Sec. 2(a)-(c), Sec. 3(d)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Designates the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates as terrorist organizations under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, making it illegal to receive funds from them, spend money on their behalf, or operate offices for them in the United States.
Requires the Secretary of State to bar foreign members, representatives, or affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood from receiving U.S. visas, entering the country, or receiving parole, and to revoke any existing visas.
Requires the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress identifying worldwide branches of the Muslim Brotherhood and assessing whether each branch meets the criteria for U.S. terrorist designations.
Directs the President to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and impose property-blocking and transaction sanctions within 90 days of enactment.
Directs the President to impose terrorist designations and financial sanctions on any identified Muslim Brotherhood branches meeting statutory criteria, and bars lifting sanctions on the Muslim Brotherhood for at least four years after such a determination.