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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 995"
bill: "115-hr-995"
heading: "21st Century Respect Act"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "rh"
to_label: "Reported in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 1
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/115/hr/995/changes/rh"
---

# H.R. 995 — what changed

H.R. 995, 21st Century Respect Act — 1 section amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Sec. 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—
  - (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 having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa”;
  - (3) replacing the references to the term “Oriental” with “Asian American or Pacific <del>Islander”;</del><ins>Islander”; and</ins>
  - (4) replacing the references to the terms “Eskimo” and “Aleut” <del>to </del><ins>with </ins>“Alaska <del>Native”; and</del><ins>Native”.</ins>
  - (5) <del>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)).</del>

## Sec. 3 Rule of construction — added

- <ins>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.</ins>