This bill directs the Secretary of State, working with the Attorney General and Secretary of Treasury, to review whether the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) should be designated as a foreign terrorist organization under existing federal law within 90 days of the bill's enactment. The legislation cites CAIR's designation as an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2007 terrorism financing trial, alleged connections to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and actions by several individuals associated with the organization who were convicted or suspected of terrorism-related offenses. The bill also references the FBI's suspension of formal contacts with CAIR and the United Arab Emirates' designation of CAIR as a terrorist organization in 2014. The Secretary of State must submit a report to Congress summarizing whether CAIR meets the legal criteria for foreign terrorist organization status or explaining why it does not, though the bill does not automatically impose any designation itself.
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