S 505
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Due process and equal protection
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019
Introduced: February 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Duckworth, Tammy
Democratic
· Illinois
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019
This bill modifies the detention authority of the United States.
Specifically, it prohibits detention or imprisonment based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of an individual. A 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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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