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Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.
Summary
This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of any individual in the United States based solely on a protected characteristic, including race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. The bill amends federal criminal law to establish this protection and allows the Attorney General to designate additional protected characteristics while preventing the removal of the listed ones. The legislation is named after Fred Korematsu and Roy Takai, referencing the history of civil liberties violations based on protected characteristics.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA)
5 cosponsors
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mark Takano’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $20,150
- PAFCO $13,200
- VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS $11,600
- ESRI $7,910
- THOMAS SAFRAN & ASSOCIATES $7,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mark Takano → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 18, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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
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.”. <all>
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