[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S361-S362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3067. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 47__. 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

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     (42 U.S.C. 6705(f)(2)) is amended in the third sentence 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''.
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