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'.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 1997
Mr. PETRI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
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'.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIFY `MULTIRACIAL' OR `MULTIETHNIC', RESPECTIVELY, AS RACIAL OR ETHNIC CLASSIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 3507 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(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.'.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 1998.
