1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “21st Century Respect Act”.
21st Century Respect Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of General Services to modernize terms in certain regulations.
2. Amendments to regulations required
Secretary of Agriculture— The Secretary of Agriculture shall amend section 1901.202(g) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to—
strike “Negro or Black” and insert “Black or African American”;
strike “Spanish Surname” and insert “Hispanic”; and
strike “Oriental” and insert “Asian American or Pacific Islander”.
Administrator of General Services— The Administrator of General Services shall amend section 906.2(k) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to—
strike “Negro”, each place it appears, and insert “Black or African American”;
strike paragraph (1) (the definition of “Negro”) and insert the following: “(1) Black or African American—is an individual having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa”;
strike “Oriental”, each place it appears, and insert “Asian American or Pacific Islander”;
strike “Eskimo”, each place it appears, and insert “Alaska Native”; and
strike “Aleut”, each place it appears, and insert “Alaska Native”.
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 Administrator of General Services, respectively, to the regulations affected by this Act.