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H.R. 1439 119th Congress House

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025

Official title: To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Mark Takano Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonmentDetention of personsDisability and health-based discriminationDue process and equal protection
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Racial and ethnic relationsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Feb 18, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025 

This bill prohibits the detention or imprisonment of an individual based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. The term 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 634 Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 12

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
    for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
    for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • DAVIS & HARMAN LLP
    for COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
    for DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Nov 7, 2025
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 4, 2025
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 18, 2025
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Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 18, 2025
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Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Feb 18, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/
MLA
"H.R. 1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/.
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H.R. 1439, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/.
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[H.R. 1439: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1439/)
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