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Executive Branch

• 03/09/2000 - Office of Management and Budget - Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement
• Federal Reserve Board Proposed Changes to Regulation B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
• FBI Domestic Terrorism Assessment for the Year 2000: Project Megiddo
• 02/17/1999 - Draft Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for the Collection of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
• One America in the 21st Century- The President's Initiative on Race
• One America In The 21st Century: Forging A New Future
• Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being By Race
• The Multiethnic Placement Act
• 07/09/1997 - OMB: Recommendations from the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards to the OMB Concerning Changes to Directive 15
• OMB - Revisions to Directive 15, the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
• 06/13/1997 - White House - Executive Order 13050: President's Advisory Board on Race
• U.S. Census Bureau - 1996 National Content Survey on Race and Hispanic Origin Questions

Floor Statements

• Floor Statement: Government IDs and Identity Theft by The Honorable Ron E. Paul

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  Hearings

  09/15/98 - House Subcommittee on Human Resources, Hearing on Interethnic Adoptions

  • Statement - Elizabeth Bartholet of Harvard Law School
  • Statement - Olivia A. Golden, Ph.D. of Administration for Children & Families, HHS
  • Statement - Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School
  • Statement - Joe Kroll of North American Council on Adoptable Children
  • Statement - Honorable Howard Metzenbaum, Former U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio
  • Statement - Patrick T. Murphy, Cook County Public Guardian
  • Statement - Mark V. Nadel of U.S. General Accounting Office
  • Statement - William L. Pierce of National Council for Adoption
  • Statement - Rita J. Simon of School of Public Affairs and College of Law, American University

  07/17/98 - House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on Judiciary, Hearing on Equal Opportunity

  • Statement - John Sullivan of the Project on Civil Rights

  07/25/97 - House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information & Technology, Hearing on Multiracial Census Category

  • Witness List
  • Statement - Chairman Stephen Horn
  • Statement - Representative Newt Gingrich
  • Statement - Representative John Conyers
  • Statement - Representative Tom Petri
  • Statement - Carlos A. Fernandez, Esq., AMEA
  • Statement - Susan Graham, Executive Director, Project RACE, Inc.
  • Statement - Harold McDougall: Director, Washington Bureau of the NAACP
  • Statement - Mary C. Waters, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
  • Statement - Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
  • Statement - Isabelle Katz Pinzler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice
  • Statement - Nancy M. Gordon, Associate Director for Demographic Programs, U.S. Bureau of the Census

  05/22/97 - House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information & Technology, Hearing on Multiracial Census Category

  • Witness List
  • Statement - Chairman Stephen Horn
  • Statement - Senator Daniel K. Akaka
  • Statement - Representative Carolyn Maloney
  • Statement - Representative Danny K. Davis
  • Statement - Ramona E. Douglass: President, Association of MultiEthnic Americans
  • Statement - Ryan Graham: Project RACE, Inc.
  • Statement - Harold McDougall: Director, Washington Bureau of the NAACP
  • Statement - Nathan Douglas: Interracial Family Circle
  04/23/97 - House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information & Technology, Hearing on Multiracial Census Category
  • Witness List
  • Statement - Bernard L. Ungar: General Accounting Office
  • Statement - Representative Thomas E. Petri (R-WI-6)
  12/07/95 - House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on Judiciary, Hearing on Equal Opportunity
  • Statement - Jorge Amselle of Center for Equal Opportunity
  10/19/95 - House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Committee on Judiciary, Oversight Hearing on the Impact of Adarand v. Pena
  • Statement - George R. La Noue, UMBC
  06/30/93 - House Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, Hearing on Multiracial Census Category
  • Statement - Carlos A. Fernandez, Esq.: AMEA President

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  Federal Legislation

  • 107th Congress - H.R. 1266 (Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 2001)
    
    
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 4085 (Limiting Census to Enumeration)
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 4085 (Limiting Census to Enumeration)
    
    • 106th Congress - H.R. 4085 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 3667 (Child Citizenship Act of 2000)
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 3667 (Child Citizenship Act of 2000)
    
    • 106th Congress - H.R. 3667 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 2883 (Child Citizenship Act of 2000)
  • 106th Congress - H.R. 2883 (Child Citizenship Act of 2000)
    
    • 106th Congress - H.R. 2883 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 106th Congress - S. 1485 (Adopted Orphans Citizen Act)
  • 106th Congress - S. 1485 (Adopted Orphans Citizen Act)
    
    • 106th Congress - S. 1485 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 105th Congress - H.R. 830 (Multiracial Census Category)
  • 105th Congress - H.R. 830 (Multiracial Census Category)
    • 105th Congress - H.R. 830 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 104th Congress - H.R. 3920 (Multiracial Census Category)
  • 104th Congress - H.R. 3920 (Multiracial Census Category)
    • 104th Congress - H.R. 3920 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 104th Congress - H.R. 3286 (Adoption Promotion and Stability Act of 1996)
  • 104th Congress - H.R. 3286 (Adoption Promotion and Stability Act of 1996)
    • 104th Congress - H.R. 3286 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 104th Congress - S. 637 (Interracial & Interethnic Adoption)
  • 104th Congress - S. 637 (Interracial & Interethnic Adoption)
    • 104th Congress - S. 637 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 104th Congress - S. 1533 (Mentions Interracial & Interethnic Adoption under Title V - Family Opportunity)
    • 104th Congress - S. 1533 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 103d Congress - S. 1224 (Interracial & Interethnic Adoption)
    • 103d Congress - S. 1224 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 103d Congress - H.R. 4181 (Interracial & Interethnic Adoption)
    • 103d Congress - H.R. 4181 Bill Summary and Status
    
    
  • 103d Congress - H.R. 3307 (Interracial & Interethnic Adoption)
    • 103d Congress - H.R. 3307 Bill Summary and Status
    
    

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  State Legislation

  • HB 13 in the Alabama Legislature Legalizing Interracial Marriage
  • S. 252 in the Massachusetts Commonwealth Senate in 1997 regarding multiracial classification
  • S.F. No. 449 in the Minnesota State Legislature in 1997 regarding multiracial classification
  • GB 508 in the South Carolina General Assembly in 1999 regarding taxpayer funded scholarships for schools that discriminate on basis of race
  • S 948 in the South Carolina General Assembly in 1997 regarding legalization of interracial marriage
  • HJ 4303 in the South Carolina General Assembly in 1997 regarding legalization of interracial marriage
  • SB851 in the Texas State Senate in 1997 regarding multircial classification
  • SB01069E in the Texas State Senate in 1995 regarding multiracial classification

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  Letters

  • April 12, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Judiciary Committees Regarding PATRIOT Act Oversight
  • April 4, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Judiciary Committees Regarding PATRIOT Act Oversight
  • March 30, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Senate Regarding REAL ID Act
  • March 29, 2005 Joint Letter from National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women (signed by TMA) to Congress Regarding REAL ID Act and Religious Asylum MS Word version and pdf version
  • March 15, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to U.S. House of Representative Regarding REAL ID Act
  • February 9, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to U.S. House of Representatives Regarding REAL ID Act
  • November 15, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Conference Committee on Intelligence Reform
  • October 4, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Congress Regarding Implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report
  • April 22, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Department of Homeland Security Regarding US-VISIT Program
  • June 4, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Senators Leahy and Hatch Regarding Domestic Spying
  • June 4, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Representatives Sensenbrenner and Conyers Regarding Domestic Spying
  • December 20, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Attorney General Regarding Eavesdropping on Confidential Attorney-Client Conversations
  • October 29 - November 7, 2001 Joint Letters (signed by TMA) to FBI, Justice and INS Regarding Post-September 11 Detentions
  • October 19, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Conferees Regarding "Sneak and Peek" Search Warrants on Anti-Terrorism Legislation
  • October 10, 2001 The Multiracial Activist Letter to Speaker Hastert Regarding Anti-terrorism Legislation
  • October 1, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Attorney General Regarding Anti-terrorism Legislation
  • September 10, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Senators Leahy & Hatch Regarding Drug War
  • August 15, 2001 Joint Letter to Secretary of Treasury Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens
  • July 3, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey Regarding Privacy
  • May 31, 2001 America's Community Bankers Letter to Internal Revenue Service Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens
  • May 15, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Secretary of the Treasury Regarding Financial Privacy
  • May 10, 2001 The Multiracial Activist Letter to Senator John Warner Regarding H.R. 1266
  • March 31, 2000 Census Bureau Director Prewitt Letter to Project RACE Regarding Multiple Response Sampling
  • January 20, 2000 Project RACE Comment Letter to Census Bureau Regarding Multiple Response Sampling
  • December 6, 1999 House Banking Republicans Comment Letter Regarding Changes to Regulation B
  • December 6, 1999 Senate Banking Republicans Comment Letter Regarding Changes to Regulation B
  • November 10, 1999 Comment Letter From The Multiracial Activist and INTERRACIAL VOICE Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • November 10, 1999 Comment Letter From America's Community Bankers Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • November 10, 1999 Comment Letter From American Financial Services Association Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • November 8, 1999 Comment Letter From Michigan Credit Union League Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • November 3, 1999 Comment Letter From Woodstock Institute Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • October 27, 1999 Comment Letter From National Community Reinvestment Coalition Regarding Racial Data Collection
  • September 13, 1999 Letter From Census Bureau To Department of Justice Regarding Multiracial Data Tabulation

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  Floor Statements/Speeches

  • 21 October 1997 - Floor statement by Rep Newt Gingrich regarding H.R. 830
  • 11 July 1997 - Floor statement by Rep Newt Gingrich regarding H.R. 830
  • 18 June 1997 - Speech by Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich to Orphan Foundation of America (supported multiracial category)
  • 07 January 1997 - Remarks made by House Speaker Newt Gingrich after winning a second term as Speaker of the House (made reference to multiracials)
  • 16 October 1995 - Presidential Speech on Race Relations
  • 07 April 1995 - Presidential Speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors (Where President indicated support for the multiracial category)

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