H.R. 995 — what changed
21st Century Respect Act
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
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—
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 having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa”;
changed
replacing the references to the term “Oriental” with “Asian American or Pacific Islander”;Islander”; and
changed
replacing the references to the terms “Eskimo” and “Aleut” to with “Alaska Native”; andNative”.
removed
replacing the definition of “Eskimo” and “Aleut” to have the same meaning as the term “Native” has in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
Sec. 3 Rule of construction
addedadded 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, respectively, to the regulations affected by this Act.