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Introduced July 15, 2025 by Mario Diaz-Balart · Last progress July 15, 2025
The bill strengthens national-security tools by mandating public identification, visa bans, and rapid sanctions for organizations and individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, trading greater, predictable enforcement and transparency for reduced executive discretion, increased civil‑liberties risks for immigrants and U.S. partners, and potential diplomatic and humanitarian fallout.
Immigrants, visa-holders, and border communities: The bill bars foreign nationals credibly determined or designated as Muslim Brotherhood members from admission and requires immediate visa revocation for designated members, reducing entry and travel by individuals linked to the organization.
State and local governments, federal agencies, and taxpayers: The President must impose terrorism-related sanctions (FTO or E.O.13224) on identified branches within 30 days and sanctions cannot be removed for at least four years, limiting those groups' access to U.S. financial systems and creating predictable enforcement.
Taxpayers, Congress, and the public: Annual unclassified lists of organizations the executive identifies as Muslim Brotherhood branches increase transparency about which groups are subject to terrorism-related sanctions and government action.
Immigrants and visa applicants: Broad or open-ended definitions and rapid, designation-driven inadmissibility and visa revocation create a high risk of wrongful denials, reputational harm, asset freezes, and travel restrictions for lawful individuals with only tenuous or incidental links.
Consular officers, the executive branch, and affected foreigners: Mandatory, President-triggered sanctions and automatic designation requirements reduce consular and executive discretion and can compel immediate penalties without individualized administrative review or criminal charges.
Humanitarian organizations, academics, civil-society groups, and local/state governments: Extending prohibitions and publishing an unclassified list could complicate humanitarian aid, academic collaboration, development work, and civil-society engagement by creating legal risk or stigma for past interactions.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Brings the Muslim Brotherhood and its branches under U.S. anti‑terrorism prohibitions, mandates immigration sanctions for identified members, and requires annual branch reports and automatic designations/sanctions.
Designates the Muslim Brotherhood and its branches as subject to expanded U.S. anti‑terrorism prohibitions and requires the President and Secretary of State to apply mandatory sanctions, including immigration penalties, against identified members and branches. It adds statutory definitions, directs the Secretary of State to identify branches (including by country), and requires an annual public report with specified automatic designation and sanction steps tied to those findings.