21st Century Respect Act

Bill: 116-hr-381
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-01-09
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Alaska Natives and Hawaiians

Department of Agriculture

District of Columbia

Economic development

General Services Administration

Government lending and loan guarantees

Housing finance and home ownership

Racial and ethnic relations

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>21st Century Respect Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the General Services Administration to change the terminology used to describe the racial background or place of origin of people in regulations concerning (1) USDA programs for financing and insuring loans for properties in rural areas, and (2) the 1974 development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 381 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2019 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 A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services to modernize terms in certain regulations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Respect Act . 2. Amendments to regulations required (a) Secretary of Agriculture The Secretary of Agriculture shall amend section 1901.202(g) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to— (1) strike Negro or Black and insert Black or African American ; (2) strike Spanish Surname and insert Hispanic ; and (3) strike Oriental and insert Asian American or Pacific Islander . (b) Administrator of General Services The Administrator of General Services shall amend section 906.2(k) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to— (1) strike Negro , each place it appears, and insert Black or African American ; (2) strike paragraph (1) (the definition of Negro ) and insert the following: (1) Black or African American—is an individual having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa ; (3) strike Oriental , each place it appears, and insert Asian American or Pacific Islander ; (4) strike Eskimo , each place it appears, and insert Alaska Native ; and (5) strike Aleut , each place it appears, and insert Alaska Native . 3. Rule of construction Nothing in this Act, or the amendments required by this Act, shall be construed to affect Federal law, except with respect to the use of terms by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services, respectively, to the regulations affected by this Act.