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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 634 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against |
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| 6 | 6 | | unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY19, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | UCKWORTH(for herself, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. P |
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| 12 | 12 | | ADILLA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | R |
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| 14 | 14 | | EED, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | W |
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| 16 | 16 | | ELCH, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. |
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| 17 | 17 | | S |
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| 18 | 18 | | MITH, and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which was read |
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| 19 | 19 | | twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | To ensure due process protections of individuals in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | United States against unlawful detention based solely |
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| 23 | 23 | | on a protected characteristic. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korematsu-Takai Civil 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Liberties Protection Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNLAWFUL DETENTION. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended— 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | •S 634 IS |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | section (c); and 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(b) P |
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| 40 | 40 | | ROHIBITION ONDETENTIONBASED ONPRO-5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | TECTEDCHARACTERISTICS.— 6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 43 | 43 | | EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 7 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘protected characteristic’ includes each of the fol-8 |
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| 45 | 45 | | lowing: 9 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(A) Race. 10 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) Ethnicity. 11 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(C) National origin. 12 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(D) Religion. 13 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(E) Sex. 14 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(F) Gender identity. 15 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(G) Sexual orientation. 16 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(H) Disability. 17 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(I) Any additional characteristic that the 18 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Attorney General determines to be a protected 19 |
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| 56 | 56 | | characteristic. 20 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 58 | 58 | | ROHIBITION.—No individual may be im-21 |
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| 59 | 59 | | prisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an ac-22 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tual or perceived protected characteristic of the indi-23 |
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| 61 | 61 | | vidual. 24 |
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| 64 | 64 | | •S 634 IS |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attor-2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ney General to remove a characteristic described in 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1).’’. 4 |
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