Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act (HR4097)
Current understanding
HR4097 would statutorily designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a terrorist organization, applying existing terrorist-organization designation authorities to a specific U.S.-based nonprofit rather than creating new designation mechanisms. Practical implications would include material-support liability exposure, asset-blocking, and restrictions on federal engagement or funding pass-throughs involving CAIR. Status: introduced; referred to committee.
Evidence log
- 2025-06-24 — Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act: cross-connection with hamas-affiliate-designation: Both bills seek to extend terrorist-organization designation authorities to entities alleged to have Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood affiliations, with CAIR designation being a domestic-nonprofit application of the broader affiliate-designation framework. (novelty: 2)