,i #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #eaid ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #bd1 #bjad ,mrs4 ,bachmann 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,roskam1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,southerland1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,foreign ,affairs and ,financial ,services1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources to the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,muslim ,brotherhood ,terrorist ,designation ,act of #bjad4 #b4 ,sense of ,congress on designation of the ,muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization 7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 ,hizb al-,ikhwan al-,muslimin1 was founded in ,egypt in #aibh by ,hassan al-,banna4 ,the organization remains headquartered in ,egypt but operates throughout the world4 ,the ,muslim ,brotherhood's motto remains to this day what it has been for decades3 ,allah is our objective4 ,the ,prophet is our leader4 ,the ,koran is our law4 ,jihad is our way4 ,dying in the way of ,allah is our highest hope4 ,allahu-,akbar6 ,allah is greater64 7#b7 ,hassan al-,banna1 in a book he called ,jihad1 instructed members3 ,jihad is an obligation from ,allah on every ,muslim and cannot be ignored nor sic evaded4 ,allah has ascribed great importance to jihad and has made the reward of the martyrs and fighters in ,his way a splendid one4 ,only those who have acted similarly and who have modeled themselves upon the martyrs in their performance of jihad can join them in this reward44 7#c7 ,hassan al-,banna added that fighting the unbelievers involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of ,islam including beating them1 plundering their wealth1 destroying their places of worship1 and smashing their idols4 7#d7 ,hassan al-,banna also taught that it is the nature of ,islam to dominate1 not to be dominated1 and thus that the mission of ,islam1 as interpreted and executed by the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 must be to impose its i4e41 ,islam's law on nations and to extend its power to the entire planet4 ,while al-,banna's plan for accomplishing this mission was multifaceted1 it centrally incorporated training for and the execution of violent jihad--terrorist operations4 7#e7 ,in the seminal #aifi book on the history of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 ,the ,society of ,muslim ,brothers1 ,university of ,michigan ,professor ,richard ,p4 ,mitchell explained al-,banna's teachings on violent jihad3 ,the certainty that jihad had this physical connotation is evidenced by the relationship always implied between it and the possibility1 even the necessity1 of death and martyrdom4 ,death1 as an important end of jihad1 was extolled by al-,banna in a phrase which came to be a famous part of his legacy3 ,the art of death4 ,death is art4 ,the ,koran has commanded people to love death more than life4 ,unless the philosophy of the ,koran on death replaces the love of life which has consumed ,muslims1 then they will reach naught4 ,victory can only come with the mastery of the art of death4 ,the movement cannot succeed1 al-,banna insists1 without this dedicated and unqualified kind of jihad4 7#f7 ,this philosophy pervaded the ,muslim ,brotherhood's prioritization of training for combat4 ,professor ,mitchell observed that it was the tone of the training which gave the ,society i4e41 the ,muslim ,brotherhood its distinctive qualities1 adding3 ,if the ,muslim ,brothers were more effectively violent than other groups on the ,egyptian scene1 it was because militancy and martyrdom had been elevated to central virtues in the ,society's ethos4 ,its literature and speeches were permeated with references identifying it and its purposes in military terms4 ,al-,banna told members again and again that they were the army of liberation1 carrying on your shoulders the message of liberation2 you are the battalions of salvation for this nation afflicted by calamity4 7#g7 ,al-,banna's blueprint for revolution anticipated a final stage of execution at which point the battalions the ,muslim ,brotherhood had trained would conquer ''' every obstinate tyrant4 ,this violent ideology continued to be part of the ,brotherhood's indoctrination in standard membership texts1 such as ,sayyid ,qutb's ,milestones and ,fathi ,yakan's ,to ,be a ,muslim4 7#h7 ,in ,muslim ,brotherhood organizations and chapters throughout the world1 including in the ,united ,states1 al-,banna's originating philosophy continues to be taught4 7#i7 ,in its earliest days1 the ,egyptian ,muslim ,brotherhood established a terrorist wing 7the secret apparatus7 that conducted bombings and assassinations targeting foreigners and government officials4 ,the assassinations by the ,muslim ,brotherhood of ,judge ,ahmed ,al-,khazinder ,bey in #aidg and ,prime ,minister ,mahmoud ,al-,nuqrashi in #aidh prompted the first ban on the organization in ,egypt4 7#aj7 ,the ,united ,states has previously designated global elements of the ,muslim ,brotherhood4 ,the terrorist group ,hamas1 which self-identifies as one of the wings of the ,muslim ,brotherhood in ,palestine1 was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by ,president ,william ,j4 ,clinton on ,january #bc1 #aiie1 by ,executive ,order #abidg1 and later under section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7;a77 by ,secretary of ,state ,madeline ,albright on ,october #g1 #aiig4 7#aa7 ,the ,kuwaiti ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,lajnat al-,daawa al-,islamiya 7,islamic ,call ,committee7 was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush on ,september #bc1 #bjja1 by ,executive ,order #acbbd and later under section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7;a77 by ,secretary of ,state ,colin ,powell on ,january #i1 #bjjc4 ,reasons cited for the designation included ,lajnat al-,daawa al-,islamiya being used as a financial conduit for ,osama bin ,laden and ,al-,qaeda1 and its funding of terrorist groups in ,chechnya and ,libya4 ,both ,al-,qaeda operations chief ,khalid ,sheikh ,mohammed and ,world ,trade ,center bomber ,ramzi ,yousef held positions with the organization4 7#ab7 ,individual ,muslim ,brotherhood leaders have also been designated on the list of ,specially ,designated ,global ,terrorists1 as established under the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47 and initiated under ,executive ,order #acbbd 7,september #bc1 #bjja71 by the ,united ,states4 ,on ,february #b1 #bjjd1 the ,department of the ,treasury designated ,shaykh ,abd-al-,majid ,al-,zindani1 a leader of the ,yemeni ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,al-,islah political party4 ,the designation states that al-,zindani has a long history of working with ,bin ,laden1 serving as one of his spiritual leaders1 in addition to his activities in support of ,al-,qaeda1 including recruiting and procuring weapons4 ,al-,zindani was also identified in a ,federal lawsuit as a coordinator of the ,october #bjjj suicide attack targeting the ,u4,s4,s4 ,cole in ,aden1 ,yemen1 that killed #ag ,united ,states ,navy sailors1 including personally selecting the two suicide bombers4 ,in ,september #bjab1 al-,zindani reportedly called for his supporters to kill ,united ,states ,marines stationed at the ,united ,states ,embassy in ,sana'a1 ,yemen4 7#ac7 ,mohammad ,jamal ,khalifa1 a veteran of the ,soviet-,afghan war1 senior ,muslim ,brotherhood leader1 and brother-in-law and close confidant of ,osama bin ,laden was arrested in ,california in ,december #aiid on charges related to the #aiic bombing of the ,world ,trade ,center4 ,evidence was found at that time that linked ,khalifa to the planned ,al-,qaeda ,operation ,bojinka plot that included the bombing of #aa airplanes between ,asia and the ,united ,states4 ,he was deported to ,jordan in ,may #aiie4 ,prior to that time he operated an ,islamic charity in the ,philippines that was accused of funneling money to the ,abu ,sayyef terrorist group and laundering money for ,bin ,laden4 ,he was sought again by ,united ,states authorities in #bjjg1 and an ,interpol bulletin was issued to several ,united ,states intelligence agencies4 ,khalifa was killed four days later in ,madagascar4 7#ad7 ,sami ,al-,hajj1 an ,al-,qaeda member and senior leader of the ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,shura ,council1 was imprisoned as a detainee at the ,department of ,defense facility at ,guantanamo ,bay1 ,cuba4 ,he was captured by ,pakistani forces near the ,afghanistan border in #bjja and transferred to ,united ,states custody4 ,he was detained for his work as a money and weapons courier for ,al-,qaeda4 ,he reportedly worked directly with ,taliban commander ,mullah ,mohammad ,omar to procure weapons1 and met with senior ,afghan ,muslim ,brotherhood officials in mid-#bjja to discuss the transfer of ,stinger missiles from ,afghanistan to ,chechnya4 7#ae7 ,according to a ,may #aiie report by the ,united ,states ,house of ,representatives ,task ,force on ,terrorism and ,unconventional ,warfare1 a series of conferences hosted by ,sudanese ,muslim ,brotherhood leader ,hassan al-,turabi in ,khartoum1 ,sudan during ,october #aiid and ,march to ,april #aiie featured representatives from virtually every ,islamic terrorist organization in the world4 ,the conferences included representatives from ,iranian intelligence1 ,hezbollah1 ,palestinian ,islamic ,jihad1 ,egyptian ,islamic ,jihad1 the ,algerian ,,ais and ,,gia1 as well as leaders from the international ,muslim ,brotherhood1 the ,muslim ,brotherhood in the ,gulf ,countries1 ,hamas 7the ,palestinian ,muslim ,brotherhood71 the ,islamic ,action ,front 7,jordanian ,muslim ,brotherhood71 and ,ennahdha 7the ,tunisian ,muslim ,brotherhood74 ,osama bin ,laden was present at the conferences4 ,the parties agreed to launch a terrorism offensive beginning in #aiie1 with targets including ,united ,states interests and personnel in the ,middle ,east and attacks inside the ,united ,states homeland4 7#af7 ,in ,december #bjjb a multiple vehicle borne improvised explosive device 7,,vbied7 suicide attack targeting a four-story building in ,grozny killed #eg people4 ,russian counterterrorism officials claimed the attack was ordered and coordinated by ,chechen warlord ,shamil ,basayev and ,abu ,walid1 an official with the ,muslim ,brotherhood4 ,they further claimed that days before the bombing the pair met near ,grozny to plan this and other attacks4 ,russian officials also identified the international ,muslim ,brotherhood network as financing the ,chechen rebels4 ,in #bjjc1 the ,russian ,supreme ,court banned the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 describing it as a terrorist organization4 7#ag7 ,before the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate in ,october #bjjc1 ,richard ,clarke1 former ,national ,coordinator for ,security and ,counterterrorism for ,presidents ,william ,j4 ,clinton and ,george ,w4 ,bush1 testified to the extent that terrorist organizations continued to operate inside the ,united ,states and the connection to the ,muslim ,brotherhood networks3 ,dating back to the #aihj's1 ,islamist terrorist networks have developed a sophisticated and diversified financial infrastructure in the ,united ,states4 ,in the post ,september #aath environment1 it is now widely known that every major ,islamist terrorist organization1 from ,hamas to ,islamic ,jihad to ,al ,qida1 has leveraged the financial resources and institutions of the ,united ,states to build their capabilities4 ,we face a highly developed enemy in our mission to stop terrorist financing4 ,while the overseas operations of ,islamist terrorist organizations are generally segregated and distinct1 the opposite holds in the ,united ,states4 ,the issue of terrorist financing in the ,united ,states is a fundamental example of the shared infrastructure levered by ,hamas1 ,islamic ,jihad and ,al ,qida1 all of which enjoy a significant degree of cooperation and coordination within our borders4 ,the common link here is the extremist ,muslim ,brotherhood--all of these organizations are descendants of the membership and ideology of the ,muslim ,brothers44 7#ah7 ,one of the examples cited by ,richard ,clarke in his testimony before the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate was the case of ,soliman ,biheiri1 who ran an investment firm specializing in ,islamically-permissible investments1 the ,secaucus1 ,new ,jersey-based ,,bmi ,incorporated4 ,,bmi ,incorporated offered a range of financial services for the ,muslim community1 and invested in businesses and real estate4 ,according to ,federal prosecutors1 among the shareholders of ,,bmi ,incorporated were ,al-,qaeda financier ,yassin ,al-,qadi and top ,hamas leader ,mousa ,abu ,marzook--two ,specially ,designated ,global ,terrorists4 ,both ,qadi and ,marzook operated separate businesses out of the offices of ,,bmi ,incorporated that also did business with ,,bmi ,incorporated4 ,other ,,bmi ,incorporated investors included ,abdullah bin ,laden1 nephew of ,osama bin laden1 and ,tarek ,swaidan1 a ,kuwaiti ,muslim ,brotherhood leader4 ,in a ,september #bjjc detention hearing1 ,federal prosecutors described ,biheiri as the ,u4,s4 banker for the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 and stating that the defendant came here as the ,muslim ,brotherhood's financial toehold in the ,u4,s44 ,biheiri was convicted on ,federal immigration charges on ,october #i1 #bjjc4 7#ai7 ,the fact that the international ,muslim ,brotherhood engages in terrorism financing inside the ,united ,states was attested to by then-,,fbi ,director ,robert ,mueller1 who testified before the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,house of ,representatives in ,february #bjaa1 and responded to a question about the ,muslim ,brotherhood's networks and agenda in the ,united ,states3 ,i can say at the outset that elements of the ,muslim ,brotherhood both here and overseas have supported terrorism4 ,to the extent that ,i can provide information1 ,i would be happy to do so in closed session4 ,but it would be difficult to do in open session44 7#bj7 ,in the ,holy ,land ,foundation 7,,hlf7 prosecutions--the largest terrorism financing trial in ,united ,states history--,department of ,justice officials successfully argued in court that the international ,muslim ,brotherhood and its ,united ,states affiliates had engaged in a wide-spread conspiracy to raise money and materially support the terrorist group ,hamas4 ,,hlf officials charged in the case were found guilty on all counts in ,november #bjjh1 primarily related to millions of dollars that had been transferred to ,hamas4 ,during the trial and in court documents1 ,federal prosecutors implicated a number of prominent ,united ,states-,islamic organizations in this conspiracy1 including the ,islamic ,society of ,north ,america 7,,isna71 the ,north ,american ,islamic ,trust 7,,nait71 and the ,council on ,american-,islamic ,relations 7,,cair74 ,these groups and their leaders1 among others1 were named as unindicted co-conspirators in the case4 ,the ,department of ,justice told the court that these ,united ,states-,muslim ,brotherhood affiliates acted at the direction of the international ,muslim ,brotherhood to support terrorism in a ,july #bjjh court filing3 ,,isna and ,,nait1 in fact1 shared more with ,,hlf than just a parent organization4 ,they were intimately connected with the ,,hlf and its assigned task of providing financial support to ,,hamas4 ,shortly after ,,hamas was founded in #aihg1 as an outgrowth of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 ,govt4 ,exh4 #ba-fa1 the ,international ,muslim ,brotherhood ordered the ,muslim ,brotherhood chapters throughout the world to create ,palestine ,committees1 whose job it was to support ,,hamas with media1 money and men4 ,govt4 ,exh4 #c-ae4 ,the ,u4,s4-,muslim ,brotherhood created the ,u4,s4 ,palestine ,committee1 which document reflect was initially comprised of three organizations3 the ,,olf 7,,hlf71 the ,,iap1 and the ,,uasr4 ,,cair was later added to these organizations4 ,govt4 ,exh4 #c-gh 7listing ,,iap1 ,,hlf1 ,,uasr and ,,cair as part of the ,palestine ,committee1 and stating that there is no doubt ,america is the ideal location to train the necessary resources to support the ,movement worldwide44474 ,the mandate of these organizations1 per the ,international ,muslim ,brotherhood1 was to support ,,hamas1 and the ,,hlf's particular role was to raise money to support ,,hamas' organizations inside the ,palestinian territories4 ,govt4 ,exh4 #c-ag 7objective of the ,palestine ,committee is to support ,,hamas744 7#ba7 ,in ,september #bjaj the ,supreme ,guide of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 ,mohamed ,badie1 delivered a weekly sermon mirroring the ideological themes of ,al-,qaeda's ,august #aiif declaration of war against the ,united ,states4 ,calling on ,arab and ,muslim regimes to confront not just ,israel1 but also the ,united ,states1 he declared that ,resistance is the only solution against the ,zio-,american arrogance and tyranny4 ,this resistance can only come from fighting and understanding that the improvement and change that the ,muslim nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death just as the enemies pursue life4 ,he also predicted the imminent downfall of the ,united ,states1 saying ,the ,u4,s4 is now experiencing the beginning of its end1 and is heading towards its demise44 7#bb7 ,the ,august #ad1 #bjac1 clearing of ,muslim ,brotherhood protests in ,egypt resulted in attacks by ,muslim ,brotherhood supporters targeting the ,coptic ,christian community4 ,attacks included #gj churches and more than #a1jjj homes and businesses of ,coptic ,christian families torched in the ensuing violence4 ,during the ,muslim ,brotherhood protests1 there were repeated reports of direct incitement towards the ,copts from leading ,muslim ,brotherhood figures1 and since the protest dispersal this targeting of the ,christian community continues in official statements on ,muslim ,brotherhood social media outlets and from its leadership4 ,as the ,united ,states ,commission on ,international ,religious ,freedom 7,,uscirf7 has previously noted1 this terror campaign by the ,muslim ,brotherhood is not a new development4 ,over the past decade violence by the ,muslim ,brotherhood has been directed at the ,coptic community4 ,as the ,,uscirf observed in its #bjjc ,annual ,report3 ,coptic ,christians face ongoing violence from vigilante ,muslim extremists1 including members of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 many of whom act with impunity44 7b7 ,criteria ,section #bai7;a77#a7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7;a77#a77 provides the #c criteria for the designation of an organization as a ,foreign ,terrorist ,organization3 7#a7 ,the organization must be a foreign organization4 7#b7 ,the organization must engage in terrorist activity1 as defined in section #bab7;a77#c77;,b7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#c77;,b771 or terrorism1 as defined in section #adj7;d77#b7 of the ,foreign ,relations ,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years #aihh and #aihi 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef;f7d77#b771 or retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism4 7#c7 ,the organization's terrorist activity or terrorism must threaten the security of ,united ,states nationals or the national security 7national defense1 foreign relations1 or the economic interests7 of the ,united ,states4 7c7 ,sense of congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 ,the ,muslim ,brotherhood has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section #bai of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7as described in subsection 7b772 and 7#b7 the ,secretary of ,state1 in consultation with the ,attorney ,general and the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 should exercise the ,secretary of ,state's statutory authority and designate the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization4 7d7 ,report ,if the ,secretary of ,state does not designate the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization under section #bai of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act within #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state shall submit to ,congress a report that contains the reasons therefor4 #c4 ,sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources to the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents 7a7 ,sanctions 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president shall subject to all available sanctions any person in the ,united ,states or subject to the jurisdiction of the ,united ,states who knowingly provides material support or resources to the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents4 7#b7 ,definition ,in this paragraph1 the term material support or resources has the meaning given such term in section #bcci;,a7b77#a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4 7b7 ,inadmissibility and removal 7#a7 ,inadmissability ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 the ,secretary of ,state may not issue any visa to1 and the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall deny entry to the ,united ,states of1 any member or representative of the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents4 7#b7 ,removal ,any alien who is a member or representative of the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents may be removed from the ,united ,states in the same manner as an alien who is inadmissible under sections #bab7;a77#c77;,b77i77,,iv7 or 7,v74 7c7 ,funds ,any ,united ,states financial institution 7as defined under section #ecab of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code7 that knowingly has possession of or control over funds in which the ,muslim ,brotherhood or its affiliates1 associated groups1 or agents have an interest shall retain possession of or control over the funds and report the funds to the ,office of ,foreign ,assets ,control of the ,department of the ,treasury4