Naming the Enemy Within Homeland Security Act (HR5823)
Current understanding
HR5823 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to bar DHS from providing assistance to, or engaging with, organizations or individuals associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The bill uses the Holy Land Foundation unindicted co-conspirator list (from the 2007–2008 HLF terrorism financing prosecution) as a baseline reference for covered entities. Status: introduced; practical effect would be to codify a DHS-wide engagement prohibition rather than rely on case-by-case vetting, with fiscal impact likely limited to compliance/screening overhead.
Evidence log
- 2025-06-24 — Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act: cross-connection with cair-terrorist-designation-act: Both target U.S.-based Muslim advocacy organizations tied to the Holy Land Foundation unindicted co-conspirator list; HR5823 restricts DHS engagement while HR4097 pursues formal terrorist designation of CAIR specifically. (novelty: 2)
- 2016-08-02 — Naming the Enemy Within Homeland Security Act: cross-connection with hamas-affiliate-designation: Both bills use terrorist-affiliation designations to restrict U.S. government engagement, but operate through different mechanisms (DHS engagement prohibition tied to HLF co-conspirator list vs. State/Treasury affiliate designation). (novelty: 2)