Díaz-Balart’s and Moskowitz’s Bipartisan Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025 Approved by House Foreign Affairs Committee

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statements after the House Committee on Foreign Affairs approved their proposed Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill that implements a new modernized strategy for designating the global Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as a terrorist group.

Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart said, “I am pleased that my bill to designate the entire Muslim Brotherhood globally as a terrorist organization has been approved by the full committee. This is a step in the right direction and further amplifies other efforts, like those of President Trump, to take decisive action against this insidious threat.

I thank Chairman Mast for his leadership and the HFAC committee for advancing this bill to protect U.S. national security interests and Americans by prohibiting U.S. dollars from enabling the Muslim Brotherhood’s dangerous and pernicious activities while ensuring that MB members are blocked from entering the United States.”

Congressman Jared Moskowitz said, “I’m proud to see our bipartisan bill to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization advance out of committee today. For decades, the Brotherhood has been tied to extremism and instability across the Middle East and around the world. Other nations have already taken steps to investigate the Brotherhood and its affiliates, and the United States must have the authority to do the same.

This bill gives our government the tools to investigate and—where appropriate—designate Brotherhood branches as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. I’m grateful to work with Rep. Diaz-Balart on this important national security measure and look forward to seeing it considered by the full House.”

The full text of the House bill can be found here.

The Senate Companion bill was introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

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