,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1      
#bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,durbin1
 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,ms4   
,hirono1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,markey1 
,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4        
,schatz1 ,ms4 ,smith1 and ,ms4 ,warren7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to ensure due process protections of   
individuals in the ,united ,states      
against unlawful detention based solely 
on a protected characteristic4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,korematsu-,takai ,civil ,liberties 
,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,prohibition against unlawful detention 
,section #djja of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
redesignating subsection 7b7 as         
subsection 7c72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7a7 the following3  7b7

 ,prohibition on detention based on     
protected characteristics  7#a7 ,in     
general ,no individual may be imprisoned
 or otherwise detained based solely on  
an actual or perceived protected        
characteristic of the individual4  7#b7 
,definition ,in this subsection1 the    
term protected characteristic includes  
each of the following3 7,a7 ,race4  7,b7
 ,ethnicity4  7,c7 ,national origin4    
7,d7 ,religion4  7,e7 ,sex4  7,f7       
,gender identity4  7,g7 ,sexual         
orientation4  7,h7 ,disability4  7,i7   
,any additional characteristic that the 
,attorney ,general determines to be a   
protected characteristic4  7#c7 ,rule of
 construction ,nothing in this          
subsection shall be construed to allow  
the ,attorney ,general to remove a      
characteristic described in             
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,h7 of      
paragraph 7#b7 from the definition of   
the term protected characteristic under 
this subsection4  4