,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #eac #aaeth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #iie 
,report ,no4 #aae-cjj ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,november #bi1 #bjag,received2 read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,natural ,resources  ,july  
#ab1 #bjah,reported by ,ms4 ,murkowski1 
with amendments and an amendment to the 
title,omit 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 
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--
  7b7 ,administrator of ,general        
,services ,the ,administrator of        
,general ,services 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 an individual 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 ,interior             
,administrator of ,general ,services1   
respectively1 to the regulations        
affected by this ,act4 ,amend the title 
so as to read3 ,an ,act to direct the   
,secretary of ,agriculture and the      
,administrator of ,general ,services to 
modernize terms in certain regulations44
 ,july #ab1 #bjah,reported with         
amendments and an amendment to the title