To modernize certain terms relating to minorities.

SA 3067. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 47__. 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

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(42 U.S.C. 6705(f)(2)) is amended in the third sentence 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''.
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