[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4238 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4238

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public 
Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms 
                        relating to minorities.

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

SECTION 1. MODERNIZATION OF TERMS RELATING TO MINORITIES.

    (a) Office of Minority Economic Impact.--Section 211(f)(1) of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ``a Negro, Puerto Rican, American Indian, Eskimo, Oriental, 
or Aleut or is a Spanish speaking individual of Spanish descent'' and 
inserting ``Asian American, Native Hawaiian, a Pacific Islander, 
African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, or an Alaska 
Native''.
    (b) Minority Business Enterprises.--Section 106(f)(2) of the Local 
Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6705(f)(2)) is amended by striking ``Negroes, Spanish-speaking, 
Orientals, Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts'' and inserting ``Asian 
American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, African American, 
Hispanic, Native American, or Alaska Natives''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4238

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public 
Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms 
                        relating to minorities.