H.R. 995 — Reported in Senate

II Calendar No. 513 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 995 [Report No. 115–300] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 29, 2017Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources July 12, 2018Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with amendments and an amendment to the titleOmit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic AN ACT To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to modernize terms in certain regulations. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Respect Act. 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— (b) Administrator of General Services The Administrator of General Services 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 an individual 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. 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 Administrator of General Services, respectively, to the regulations affected by this Act. Amend the title so as to read: An Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services to modernize terms in certain regulations.. July 12, 2018Reported with amendments and an amendment to the title