[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4406. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory 
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. KOREMATSU-TAKAI CIVIL LIBERTIES PROTECTION.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2026''.
       (b) Prohibition Against Unlawful Detention.--Section 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) Definition.--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.
       ``(2) Prohibition.--No individual may be imprisoned or 
     otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived 
     protected characteristic of the individual.
       ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
     shall be construed to allow the Attorney General to remove a 
     characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of 
     paragraph (1).''.
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