Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4939 To require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress on the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organiza- tion, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 1, 2020 Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. INHOFE, and Mr. JOHNSON) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of State to submit a report to Congress on the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Muslim Brotherhood 4 Terrorist Designation Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 6 It is the sense of Congress that— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Dec 08, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4939.IS S4939 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4939 IS (1) the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria 1 for designation as a foreign terrorist organization 2 under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Na- 3 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and 4 (2) the Secretary of State, in consultation with 5 the Attorney General and the Secretary of the 6 Treasury, should exercise the Secretary of State’s 7 statutory authority by designating the Muslim 8 Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. 9 SEC. 3. REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF THE MUSLIM BROTH- 10 ERHOOD AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANI- 11 ZATION. 12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 13 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- 14 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 15 mittees’’ means— 16 (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 17 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 18 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of 19 the Senate; 20 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 21 the Senate; 22 (D) the Select Committee on Intelligence 23 of the Senate; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Dec 08, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4939.IS S4939 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4939 IS (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 1 Senate; 2 (F) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 3 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 4 (G) the Committee on Homeland Security 5 of the House of Representatives; 6 (H) the Committee on Armed Services of 7 the House of Representatives; 8 (I) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 9 the House of Representatives; 10 (J) the Permanent Select Committee on 11 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 12 (K) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 13 House of Representatives; and 14 (L) the Committee on Financial Services 15 of the House of Representatives. 16 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 17 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 18 that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 19 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 22 consultation with the intelligence community, shall submit 23 a detailed report to the appropriate congressional commit- 24 tees that— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Dec 08, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4939.IS S4939 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 4939 IS (1) indicates whether the Muslim Brotherhood 1 meets the criteria for designation as a foreign ter- 2 rorist organization under section 219(a) of the Im- 3 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); 4 and 5 (2) if the Secretary of State determines that 6 the Muslim Brotherhood does not meet the criteria 7 referred to in paragraph (1), includes a detailed jus- 8 tification as to which criteria have not been met. 9 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 10 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 11 a classified annex, if appropriate. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:37 Dec 08, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4939.IS S4939 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS