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HR 4680 115th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Due process and equal protection Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017

Introduced: December 19, 2017 Introduced by: Takano, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 19, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017

This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the detention authority of the United States.

Specifically, it adds a provision to prohibit the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of that individual. A protected characteristic includes race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

What's happening now January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 12
D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · May 16, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 10, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 10, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 10, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 13, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 13, 2018
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jan 25, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Jan 25, 2018
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jan 25, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 25, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jan 25, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 25, 2018
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 25, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4680: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4680/
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"H.R. 4680: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4680/.
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H.R. 4680, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4680/.
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