{"id":3629,"date":"1996-07-30T12:00:27","date_gmt":"1996-07-30T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2016-12-13T07:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T07:59:48","slug":"104th-congress-h-r-3920","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/1996\/07\/30\/104th-congress-h-r-3920\/","title":{"rendered":"104th Congress – H.R. 3920"},"content":{"rendered":"

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United States Congress
\n104th Congress – H.R. 3920<\/h1>\n

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HR 3920 IH<\/p>\n

104th CONGRESS<\/center>
2d Session<\/center>
H. R. 3920<\/b><\/center>To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to require that collections of information that ask a respondent to specify a racial classification or ethnic classification from among a list of classifications shall provide an opportunity for the respondent to specify, respectively, `multiracial’ or `multiethnic’.<\/p>\n

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES<\/b><\/center>
July 30, 1996<\/center>Mr. PETRI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight<\/p>\n
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A BILL<\/b><\/center>To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to require that collections of information that ask a respondent to specify a racial classification or ethnic classification from among a list of classifications shall provide an opportunity for the respondent to specify, respectively, `multiracial’ or `multiethnic’.<\/p>\n

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,<\/em><\/p>\n

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIFY `MULTIRACIAL’ OR `MULTIETHNIC’, RESPECTIVELY, AS RACIAL OR ETHNIC CLASSIFICATION.<\/h3>\n
    (a) IN GENERAL- Section 3507 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:<\/ul>\n
      `(k) The Director may not approve a collection of information that would request or direct a respondent to specify a racial classification from among a list of racial classifications, or an ethnic classification from among a list of ethnic classifications, the approval of such a collection of information by the Director shall not be inferred, and an agency shall not sponsor or conduct such a collection of information, unless the list provides an opportunity for the respondent to specify `multiracial’, in the case of a list of racial classifications, or `multiethnic’, in the case of a list of ethnic classifications.’.<\/ul>\n
        (b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 1997.<\/ul>\n

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