Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 24, 2016 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 3, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Muslim Brotherhood has met the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, and (2) the Department of State should so designate it.
Requires the State Department to report to Congress within 60 days whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for foreign terrorist designation and, if not, which criteria have not been met.
Cosponsors 71
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 3, 2015 to Dec 20, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| R-KS | Mike Pompeo | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Nov 3, 2015 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Nov 17, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Nov 17, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Jim Jordan | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Dec 17, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Dec 17, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Feb 1, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 3, 2015Markup Feb 24, 2016 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Dec 4, 2015Discharged Feb 19, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 24, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 10.
- Feb 19, 2016Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.
- Dec 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- Nov 3, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 3, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 18, 2016H.R. 3892, Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 24, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 163, November 3, 2015, page H7625.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2230 | Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Nov 3, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
