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House Calendar No. 104 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 995 

[Report No. 115–427, Part I] 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 

to amend regulations for racial appropriateness. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2017 

Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FASO, Mr. ROYCE of California, and Mr. BACON

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; referred to the House Calendar 

and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 9, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

of the Interior to amend regulations for racial appropriateness. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Respect 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS REQUIRED. 

7 (a) SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—The Secretary of 

8 Agriculture shall amend section 1901.202 of title 7, Code 

9 of Federal Regulations, for purposes of— 

10 (1) replacing the reference to the term ‘‘Negro or 

11 Black’’ with ‘‘Black or African American’’; 

12 (2) replacing the reference to the term ‘‘Spanish 

13 Surname’’ with ‘‘Hispanic’’; and 

14 (3) replacing the reference to the term ‘‘Oriental’’ 

15 with ‘‘Asian American or Pacific Islander’’. 

16 (b) SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—The Secretary of 

17 the Interior shall amend section 906.2 of title 36, Code of 

18 Federal Regulations, for purposes of— 

19 (1) replacing the references to the term ‘‘Negro’’ 

20 with ‘‘Black or African American’’; 

21 (2) replacing the definition of ‘‘Negro’’ with the 

22 definition of ‘‘Black or African American’’ as ‘‘a per23 son having origins in any of the Black racial groups 

24 of Africa’’; 


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1 (3) replacing the references to the term ‘‘Ori2 ental’’ with ‘‘Asian American or Pacific Islander’’; 

3 and 

4 (4) replacing the references to the terms ‘‘Es5 kimo’’ and ‘‘Aleut’’ with ‘‘Alaska Native’’. 

6 SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

7 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments required by 

8 this Act, shall be construed to affect Federal law, except 

9 with respect to the use of terms by the Secretary of Agri10 culture and the Secretary of the Interior, respectively, to 

11 the regulations affected by this Act. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 

Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 

to modernize terms in certain regulations.’’. 


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House Calendar No. 104 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 995 

[Report No. 115–427, Part I] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secracial appropriateness. retary of the Interior to amend regulations for 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

amendments 

NOVEMBER 28, 2017 

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; referred to the 

House Calendar and ordered to be printed 


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