[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 130, 114th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 114-157
114th Congress

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''.

Approved May 20, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4238:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):
Feb. 29, considered and passed House.
May 9, considered and passed Senate.