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HR 3920 104th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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 resp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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".

Introduced: September 4, 1996 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Ethnic groupsGovernment paperworkMinoritiesRaces
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Aug 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs.
Jul 30, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Jul 30, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 9, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require that a list of racial or ethnic classifications for a collection of information provide an opportunity for a respondent to specify "multiracial" or "multiethnic."

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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 4, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3920: 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".. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3920/
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"H.R. 3920: 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".." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3920/.
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H.R. 3920, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3920/.
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[H.R. 3920: 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".](https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3920/)
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