Public Law 114–157: 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.

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PUBLIC LAW 114–157—MAY 20, 2016
130 STAT. 393
Public Law
114–157
114th Congress
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.

May 20, 2016

[H.R. 4238]

  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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”.
Approved May 20, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4238:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 162 (2016):

Feb. 29, considered and passed House.

May 9, considered and passed Senate.

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