Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “21st Century Respect Act”.
21st Century Respect Act
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to modernize terms in certain regulations.
Sec. 2 Amendments to regulations required
Secretary of Agriculture— The Secretary of Agriculture shall amend section 1901.202 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of—
replacing the reference to the term “Negro or Black” with “Black or African American”;
replacing the reference to the term “Spanish Surname” with “Hispanic”; and
replacing the reference to the term “Oriental” with “Asian American or Pacific Islander”.
Secretary of the Interior— The Secretary of the Interior shall amend section 906.2 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of—
Administrator of General Services— The Administrator of General Services shall amend section 906.2 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of—
replacing the references to the term “Negro” with “Black or African American”;
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”;
replacing the references to the term “Oriental” with “Asian American or Pacific Islander”; and
replacing the references to the terms “Eskimo” and “Aleut” with “Alaska Native”.
Sec. 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.