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S 1020 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Detention of persons Disability and health-based discrimination Due process and equal protection Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021

Introduced: March 25, 2021 Introduced by: Duckworth, Tammy Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Mar 25, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 25, 2021
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Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021

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.

What's happening now March 25, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1181 Identical bill Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 23 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 25, 2021
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Mar 25, 2021
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Mar 25, 2021
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Mar 25, 2021
 D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2021
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 25, 2021
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 25, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1020: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1020/
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"S. 1020: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1020/.
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