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Senate Bill 634
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
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Introduced in Senate on Feb 19, 2025
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S. 634 (Introduced-in-Senate)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 634


To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 19, 2025

Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Welch, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition against unlawful detention.

Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

“(b) Prohibition on detention based on protected characteristics.—

“(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘protected characteristic’ includes each of the following:

“(A) Race.

“(B) Ethnicity.

“(C) National origin.

“(D) Religion.

“(E) Sex.

“(F) Gender identity.

“(G) Sexual orientation.

“(H) Disability.

“(I) Any additional characteristic that the Attorney General determines to be a protected characteristic.

“(2) PROHIBITION.—No individual may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual.

“(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attorney General to remove a characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1).”.