115 HR 995 RH: 21st Century Respect Act U.S. House of Representatives 2017-02-09 text/xml EN 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.

IB House Calendar No. 104 115th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 995 [Report No. 115–427, Part I] 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, 2017Additional 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, 2017The Committee on Agriculture discharged; referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printedFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 9, 2017 A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to amend regulations for racial appropriateness.

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 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of— (1)replacing the reference to the term Negro or Black with Black or African American; (2)replacing the reference to the term Spanish Surname with Hispanic; and (3)replacing the reference to the term Oriental with Asian American or Pacific Islander. (b)

Secretary of the Interior

The Secretary of the Interior shall amend section 906.2 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of— (1)replacing the references to the term Negro with Black or African American; (2)replacing the definition of Negro with the definition of Black or African American as a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa; (3)replacing the references to the term Oriental with Asian American or Pacific Islander; and (4)replacing the references to the terms Eskimo and Aleut with 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 Secretary of the Interior, respectively, to 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.. November 28, 2017 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendmentsNovember 28, 2017The Committee on Agriculture discharged; referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed