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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.


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                    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.


 


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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Respect Act''.

SEC. 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''.

SEC. 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.''.
                                                 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 Secretary of the 
       Interior to amend regulations for racial appropriateness.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           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