Text of US SB 634 (2025)
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
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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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Korematsu-Takai Civil
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Liberties Protection Act of 2025’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNLAWFUL DETENTION.
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Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
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section (c); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON DETENTION BASED ON PRO-
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TECTED CHARACTERISTICS.—
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‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
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‘protected characteristic’ includes each of the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(A) Race.
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‘‘(B) Ethnicity.
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‘‘(C) National origin.
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‘‘(D) Religion.
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‘‘(E) Sex.
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‘‘(F) Gender identity.
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‘‘(G) Sexual orientation.
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‘‘(H) Disability.
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‘‘(I) Any additional characteristic that the
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Attorney General determines to be a protected
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characteristic.
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‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—No individual may be im-
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prisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an ac-
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tual or perceived protected characteristic of the indi-
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vidual.
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‘‘(3) RULE
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CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
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this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attor-
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ney General to remove a characteristic described in
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subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1).’’.
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