#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #iie  ,,an ,,act  ,to direct the    
,secretary of ,agriculture and the      
,secretary of the ,interior to modernize
 terms in certain regulations4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the #bast ,century ,respect ,act4  #b4  
,amendments to regulations required  7a7
 ,secretary of ,agriculture ,the        
,secretary of ,agriculture shall amend  
section #aija4bjb of title #g1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 for purposes of--
  7#a7 replacing the reference to the   
term ,negro or ,black with ,black or    
,african ,american2  7#b7 replacing the 
reference to the term ,spanish ,surname 
with ,hispanic2 and  7#c7 replacing the 
reference to the term ,oriental with    
,asian ,american or ,pacific ,islander4 
7b7 ,secretary of the ,interior ,the    
,secretary of the ,interior shall amend 
section #ijf4b of title #cf1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations1 for purposes of--
  7#a7 replacing the references to the  
term ,negro with ,black or ,african     

,american2  7#b7 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 ,africa2  7#c7  
replacing the references to the term    
,oriental with ,asian ,american or      
,pacific ,islander2 and  7#d7 replacing 
the references to the terms ,eskimo and 
,aleut with ,alaska ,native4  #c4 ,rule 
of construction ,nothing in this ,act1  
or the amendments required by this ,act1
 shall be construed to affect ,federal  
law1 except with respect to the use of  
terms by the ,secretary of ,agriculture 
and the ,secretary of the ,interior1    
respectively1 to the regulations        
affected by this ,act4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,november    
#bh1 #bjag4;,clerk4