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S. 634

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 634, the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 19, 2025 by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) with 19 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Feb 19, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 634 has 19 co-sponsors.

sb634/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S634 IS: Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-19
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 634  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 19, 2025   Ms. Duckworth  (for herself,  Ms. Hirono ,  Mr. Kaine ,  Mr. Blumenthal ,  Mr. Padilla ,  Ms. Baldwin ,  Mr. Schatz ,  Mr. Schiff ,  Mr. Wyden ,  Mr. Reed ,  Mrs. Murray ,  Mr. Markey ,  Mr. Sanders ,  Ms. Klobuchar ,  Mr. Welch ,  Ms. Cortez Masto ,  Mr. Van Hollen ,  Mr. Booker ,  Ms. Smith , and  Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; 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 characteristic.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025  .
2.
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).
 .

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-02-19
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Feb 19, 2025

sb634/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (02/19/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D) sponsors S. 634, and 19 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 634 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Feb 19, 2025

Actions

S. 634 has taken 2 actions since Feb 19, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 19, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee
Feb 19, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 634 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 634.

Titles

S. 634 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named S. 634 in 6 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Constitution, Intelligence, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE—District of Columbia16—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE16—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JASON PYE116
SHANA-TARA O'TOOLE116
MEANNA GRAY111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2025 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2026 second_quarter$15K2nd Quarter - Report
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2026 first_quarter$15K1st Quarter - Report
DUE PROCESS INSTITUTEDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE2025 fourth_quarter$10K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 634 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 7 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 634’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

s634/policy-areas.txt
Crime and Law EnforcementAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

S. 634 carries 7 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Correctional facilities and imprisonment to Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination.

s634/subjects.txt
Correctional facilities and imprisonmentDetention of personsDisability and health-based discriminationDue process and equal protectionRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com