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This bill would make it illegal to imprison or detain someone in the United States based only on a protected characteristic, whether that characteristic is real or only believed to be true. In simple terms, it is meant to protect people from being locked up because of who they are, such as their race, religion, sex, or disability. The bill also changes federal law to spell out these protections more clearly and to make sure they cannot be taken away for the listed categories.
- It says no one may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on a protected characteristic.
- The protected characteristics listed are race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
- The Attorney General could add other protected characteristics later, but could not remove any of the listed ones.
- The bill would amend an existing federal law on detention to add this protection.
Official Summaries
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. The term protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1439 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1439
To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States
against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2025
Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. Meng)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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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) In general.--No individual may be imprisoned or
otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived
protected characteristic of the individual.
``(2) 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.
``(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 (2) from the definition of the term `protected
characteristic' under this subsection.''.
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