117 S1020 IS: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021
U.S. Senate
2021-03-25
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1.This Act may be cited as the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2021
.2.Prohibition against unlawful detentionSection 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)No individual may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual.(2)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)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..