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SENATE 129118th CongressSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S989; text: CR S1003-1004)

A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month".

Last Action
3/28/2023

Actions

  • 2023-01-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2023-01-30Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-01-30 (00)

Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2023

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.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
  • Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ)
  • Edward Markey (D-MA)
  • Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  • Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
  • Alex Padilla (D-CA)
  • Christopher Coons (D-DE)
  • Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
  • Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
  • Ron Wyden (D-OR)
  • Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
  • Patty Murray (D-WA)
  • Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
  • Tina Smith (D-MN)
  • Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
  • John Reed (D-RI)

Subjects

  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Detention of persons
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Due process and equal protection
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Religion
  • Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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