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HR 381 116th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Department of Agriculture District of Columbia Economic development General Services Administration Government lending and loan guarantees Housing finance and home ownership Racial and ethnic relations Rural conditions and development

21st Century Respect Act

Introduced: January 9, 2019 Introduced by: Jeffries, Hakeem S. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Feb 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Jan 9, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced in House
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21st Century Respect Act

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the General Services Administration to change the terminology used to describe the racial background or place of origin of people in regulations concerning (1) USDA programs for financing and insuring loans for properties in rural areas, and (2) the 1974 development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

What's happening now February 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 381: 21st Century Respect Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-381/
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"H.R. 381: 21st Century Respect Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-381/.
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H.R. 381, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-381/.
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