Summary

Prohibits imprisoning or otherwise detaining any person solely because of an actual or perceived protected characteristic such as race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, by amending 18 U.S.C. § 4001. The Attorney General may add additional protected characteristics but may not remove any of the enumerated categories.

• Creates a statutory ban on imprisoning or detaining anyone solely because of an actual or perceived protected characteristic.
• Specifies an enumerated list of protected characteristics: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
• Gives the Attorney General authority to add additional protected characteristics but not to remove any of the enumerated ones.
• Amends 18 U.S.C. § 4001 to insert this prohibition into existing federal restraints-on-liberty law.
• Does not prohibit detention for non-discriminatory, lawful reasons (e.g., criminal conduct or material threat) that are not solely based on a protected characteristic.
• Does not include funding, implementation details, or explicit enforcement mechanisms beyond the statutory prohibition itself.
• May affect federal law enforcement, immigration, and detention policy by restricting detentions motivated only by protected characteristics.
• Leaves open how courts will resolve conflicts between this prohibition and other statutory detention authorities.