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To: ConservativeStatement; TigersEye
Oh, wait! My bad.

Here it is as a stand alone bill.

H. R. 4238

AN ACT

To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities.

Section 1. Modernization of terms relating to minorities
(a)Office of minority economic impact
Section 211(f)(1) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7141(f)(1)) is amended by striking "a Negro, Puerto Rican, American Indian, Eskimo, Oriental, or Aleut or is a Spanish speaking individual of Spanish descent" and inserting "Asian American, Native Hawaiian, a Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, or an Alaska Native".

(b)Minority business enterprises
Section 106(f)(2) of the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6705(f)(2)) is amended by striking "Negroes, Spanish-speaking, Orientals, Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts" and inserting "Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, African American, Hispanic, Native American, or Alaska Natives".

29 posted on 05/21/2016 10:19:12 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

So they’ve lumped all native Alaskans together instead of referring to them by their ancestral lineage? How insensitive!


30 posted on 05/21/2016 10:23:20 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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