Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists

The order directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, after consulting the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence, to submit a joint report to the President within 30 days recommending whether to designate Muslim Brotherhood chapters or subdivisions — including those in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt — as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under the Immigration and Nationality Act and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under IEEPA and Executive Order 13224. Within 45 days of submitting that report, the Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury must take all appropriate action to carry out any such designations.

The order does not itself designate any group; the legal designations depend on the agencies completing the report and then executing the formal designation process under existing statutory authority. It cites the post–October 7, 2023 conduct of these chapters — including rocket attacks, calls for violence against U.S. partners, and material support to Hamas — as the basis for the review.

Muslim Brotherhood chapters and subdivisions operating in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt that may be formally designated under this process. Once designated, their U.S.-linked assets could be frozen, and immigration consequences under the INA would apply to affiliated individuals.

Formal Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist designations carry legally binding consequences: U.S. persons are prohibited from providing material support, property of designated entities in U.S. jurisdiction can be frozen, and affiliated foreign nationals may be barred from entering the United States.

The process runs in two stages. First, State and Treasury jointly assess and recommend designations within 30 days, consulting Justice and the intelligence community. Second, within 45 days of that report, the applicable secretary executes the designation under 8 U.S.C. 1189 (FTO) or 50 U.S.C. 1702 and EO 13224 (SDGT). The order contains a standard savings clause preserving existing agency authorities and a note that it creates no privately enforceable rights.