 Last week, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that
calls on the State Department to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a
terrorist group. The bill, H.R. 3892, the Muslim Brotherhood
Terrorist Designation Act, introduced by Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
(FL-25), was voted out of committee by a 17-10 party-line vote. We
expect it to be brought before the full House for a vote.
Specifically, H.R. 3892 states that it is the “sense of Congress
that the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for classification as a
foreign terrorist organization.” As Amended by the House
Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry would have 60 days to issue
a detailed report to Congress indicating whether the Brotherhood meets
the criteria qualifying it as a terrorist group. The Senate's version of
the bill is S. 2230 and the details
about the legislation can be found HERE.
This bill is a very important one. Once
signed into law, it would be a crime for anyone in the U.S. to
provide material support to the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Treasury
Department could force banks to block financial transactions related to
the Brotherhood. The bill lists U.S. groups that include the
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of
North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) as
groups under the control of the Muslim Brotherhood.
We thank the House of Representatives for its leadership on this
issue. It is now time for the Senate to act.
That chamber's companion bill, S. 2230, the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist
Designation Act of 2015 has been introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).
At this time, it has only two cosponsors, Senators Orrin Hatch
(R-UT), and Ron Johnson (R-WI).
We need members of the U.S. Senate to hear from you.
Please tell them to demonstrate the leadership that we’ve seen in
the House by acting quickly on this bill.
Please
click here to send a letter or make a phone call to your U.S. Senator in
support of this bill. We know you are busy, so we’ve done all
of the work for you. All you have to do is add your individual
information and your voice will go directly to your two U.S.
Senators. [If you have Senator Hatch or Johnson as your
representative, please be sure to add a quick "thank you"
for cosponsoring the legislation.]
Thank you for ALL that you do for our great nation. If each of us
does just a little, together we can accomplish a lot.
Sincerely,
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