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United States Congress
105th Congress - H.R. 830
Bill Summary & Status

H.R.830
Sponsor: Rep Petri, Thomas E. (introduced 2/25/1997)
Latest Major Action: 2/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee
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".
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/25/1997:
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
2/28/1997:
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Cook, Merrill - 3/13/1997Rep Frost, Martin - 3/13/1997
Rep Furse, Elizabeth - 9/4/1997

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/25/1997--Introduced.

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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