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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 995"
bill: "115-hr-995"
heading: "21st Century Respect Act"
from: "rfs"
from_label: "Referred in Senate"
to: "rs"
to_label: "Reported in Senate"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/115/hr/995/changes/rs"
---

# H.R. 995 — what changed

H.R. 995, 21st Century Respect Act — 2 sections amended between Referred in Senate and Reported in Senate.

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—
- (b) <ins>Administrator of General Services—</ins> <ins>The Administrator of General Services shall amend section 906.2 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, for purposes of—</ins>
  - (1) [was (3)(3)] replacing the references to the term “Negro” with “Black or African American”;
  - (2) <ins>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”;</ins>
  - (2) <del>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”;</del>
  - (3) [was (3)(5)] replacing the references to the term “Oriental” with “Asian American or Pacific Islander”; and
  - (4) [was (3)(6)] 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 <del>Interior, </del><ins>Interior  Administrator of General Services, </ins>respectively, to the regulations affected by this Act.