DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS

701 S. COURTHOUSE ROAD, SUITE 1001
ARLINGTON VA 22204-2490

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April 4, 2017

MR CARL L SANDERS JR

Dear Mr. Sanders:

This is in response to your DD Form 149 application received by this Board On

March 9, 2017.

Your request is being returned on the basis that the Board for Correction of
Naval Records does not address requests to make clerical corrections to records and/or
documents unless records are at least 62 years old.

The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has cognizance over requests
to] change records less than 62 years old. You may send your request to the following
address:
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I National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
I Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63132-1002

In view of the above, no further action by this Board will be taken on your
re uest.

Sincerely,

~~W
MIRIAM WEATIIE~
Head, Records Section
m.I APPLICATION FOR CORRECTION OF MIUTARY RECORD
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF mLE 10, U.S. CODE, SECTION 1552
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a. BRANCH OF SERVICE (X one) I !ARMY X! NAVY ! AIR FORCE ! MARINE CORPS! 1 COAST GUARD
b. NAME (Print - Last, First, Middle Initial) c. PRESENT OR LAST d. SERVICE NUMBER (If appflCable) e. SSN
PAY GRADE
SANDERS, CARL LINN JR. . .

2. PRESENT STATUS WITH RESPECT TO THE 3. TYPE OF DISCHARGE(1f by court-martial, state 4. DATE OF DISCHARGE OR RELEASE
ARMED SERVICES (Active Duty, Reserve, the type of coun} FROM ACTIVE DUTY (YYYYMMDD)
National Guard, Retired, Discharged, Deceased)
Discharged UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS 511111977
5. I REQUEST THE FOllOWING ERROR OR INJUSTICE IN THE RECORD BE CORRECTED AS FOLLOWS: (Entry required)

I am requesting that my racial Ethnicity on my military record be changed to what is presented on this SF 181form.
My racial Ethnicity is Native American and White.

6. I BEUEVE THE RECORD TO BE IN ERROR OR UNJUST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (Enlly required)

I have been misidentified as Black and that is a misnomer. Black is a color and not a race. "Black has no standing at law" as stated by the former
US president Barrack H. Obama.

a. IS THIS A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION YES Ib. IF YES, WHAT WAS THE DOCKET NUMBER? c. DATE OF THE DECISION
OF A PRIOR APPEAL? X NO 1
7. ORGANIZATION AND APPROXIMATE DATE (YYYYMMDD) AT THE TIME THE ALLEGED ERROR OR INJUSTICE IN THE RECORD
OCCURRED (Entry required)
8. DISCOVERY OF ALlEGED ERROR OR INJUSTICE
a. DATE OF DISCOVERY h. IF MORE THAN THREE YEARS SINCE THE ALLEGED ERROR OR INJUSTICE WAS DISCOVERED, STATE WHY THE
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(YYYYMMDD) BOARD SHOULD FIND IT IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE TO CONSIDER THE APPUCATION. ~
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9. IN SUF !PORT OF THIS APPUCATlON, I SUBMIT AS EVIDENCE THE FOllOWING ATTACHED DOCUMENTS: (If militaly documents or medical
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records ~ pertinent to your case, please send copies. If Veterans Affairs records are pertinent, give regional office location and daim number.)
I
Form SF '81, HJ R194, Motu Proprio, Pope's Apology to the Americas, Pope's message of peace,
American Ioeclaration On The RIghts Oflndigenous Peoples
10. IDES ~E TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD IN WASHINGTON.
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YES. THE BOARD WILL
DETERMINE IF WARRANTED.
NO. CONSIDER MY APPLICATION
BASED ON RECORDS AND EVIDENCE.
rn
1i.a. COU ~SEL (If any) NAME (Last, First, Middle Initial) and ADDRESS (lnducJe ZIP Code) b. TELEPHONE (IndudeArea Code) 504-717-0551
c. E-MAIL ADDRESS
c6r3carl@gmail.com
d. FAX NUMBER (Inc;lude Area Code)
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IN M 12 ABOVE (Forward notification of all changes of address.)
c. E-MAIL ADDRESS
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d. FAX NUMBER (Include Area Code)

14.1 MAKE THE FOREGOING STATEMENTS, AS PART OF MY CLAIM, WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE CASE NUMBER
PENALIriES INVOLVED FORWILLFULlV MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT OR ClAIM. (U.S. Code, TrtJe 18, (Do not write in this space.)

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16. DATE SIGNED ["tAR G 9 2017

15. ~;]RE V JL, (YYYYMMDD)
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DO FORM 149, DEC 2014 PREVIOUS EDITION IS OBSOLETE. - Adobe Design 'r 9.0
 \J.. QffiW Of 1"@fQf!f!~! Menggemern ETHNICITV AND RACE IDENTIFICATION
@Yi~ m P~gIlJlIoarn ~~ffi (PIeaie mag the PfiY~QYAet smterngrn god iftfootioos bgfm oompleting form,)
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Nijme (lm. Fir~t! Middle Initial) Soel~!SeeYfity NYmll~r BiMdte {MImth and Year)

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Privacy Act itatement

~1tmiattyiiJnd fiiJel tnfoffflitiOfll~ fOOY~~ ynder the authQrity of 4~ U,S,C, ~iQn2000~16 ind in eompliafle with
the Offti;e gf Man@f;lemnt @nd aygg~ 1 $)91 Revijon m
th@'fimnrmm for the CI@3~ gf r-~ml DiilkI on R~~
mld gthnigity. Providing th!3 ,nmrm@tion i yolunmry and ha 1')0 impe!m on your employment tly, but in the intnoo
of mi$i!{lg inmrmiiiltion! yoYr employing ggQOOY wi!! atrempt to lQentffy yoYr raee and @ttmieity by mYilI QOervaooft,

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for the f,JYq}Qe ~ Y!'!imrm, orderly ~dmlnilrntigf!gf p@mQftflel feoom, Providing thlfi infol'fmiltign i!} volynttiry and m!!Yre.
to do so will have fie effeet on your employment status, If SSN is oot provided, however, gUm!' ge~ liOYfeeS me)' be
y~ to obtain it.
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Sp@eifjc; IwmtNetiOM; i!'! twQ !ly~ti~ne pel@wE!r~d~i9f1@g to identify your ethflieity aM raee. RqartftcH of)'OW' im~r to
QYItion 1.go to g~Qn 2,
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Q~tm 1, N@ ygy Mi3~nk; or Limflo-1 (A OOfQO Qf OYlmft,Mexief!,Pwrt~ Ri~ ~g!.!thPI' C~ Ameri~, f gther
$~ni" eyJtyreOf QH.gin. f@9gffil~ @f mee.) .
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AAelAb eAftg~gfW
(Cl'1oo1t mooy ~ e!,}ply)
A peffign hving Qrigin!?in Emy !:!f th@ 009ifl~1 ~@ gf Nlilrth iilflQ ~g!.!U1 Amerie
Ooolygifl,fJ e~.mtff.}' AJIffifiea), ~!'lg wtm m!)irniJift ~I ffiliatifl Qf oomIDYflity
iil~~hmel'!t .
A persen havifl9 I;)ri9,I"$ if! i'my gf the Qfi9iflel p~pI of th@Far (ggt,$Q\rtheam
MiS1, {;If the IMien Y~ntil'!~t in!ygln!;'l, mr @(E!m~@, e{lmtJOOi, OhiM, !!'!Qi,
,Jgjltm, t(~miil, Mtgy~~.I"iilkitaf!. ~ Phmppi~ 11~!1fJ,TI!ailaoo. ~ Viemam,

A perofl h~ving Qri~im~in any Qf the Q/'i9ifm!poop!gs of H~~ GYMI, Sf.}m09, Of

gm ~fi@ !19nQ,

A pgrn!;)!'l hviflg {;!rigins il'! allY of the ri{Jil'!!'I1 pegf}legf ~Yffipe, the Midt!!~~~ !)f
NQfttlAf!'i~,

~tam1E1rdfOfflllD1
R@viedAY9U~~
~ffivi@y @!imfm oot YNbl@
B. Res. '194

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

Juby)J!), BOOB.

Wh~l'~a~ millions of A& iCM18 and theil' de~cel1dMts WID'I:!

t

enslaved in the United -jttlte~ and the 18 1\mel'iean 010=

nies Il'om1619 throug'h 1865;
Wh~r~as ~lav(ilryin Ametiotl resembled no other form of i11'\1'01
Utltary ~e't'Vitlld~known in history, M Afrl~Rn~ were eap-
tured and sold at auctiou like imUUtlUlte objt1lcts or RID"
ma1Sj
"'lerOfUlI A&iCf1l1~ forced into ~laveI')f were brutalised, hnmlli-
ated, dehllmMiz~d~and ~mbjegted to th~ indignity of
being stI-tptled of thmr names and hetita{fe,
'Vllerea~ en~laved familimlw 1'13 torn allm aitel having' beoo
1

sold mepaI'ately from one another,

\Y'1tn~a-,the s~t~m of Ililavtnj~and the mceral :raci~m aft'amllit
per~onfijof Arictrn descent upon whicll it depended be=
came ~tttrcmch~d 111 the Nation's ~oc1alfabric
~'l~ren~ mave:rywas not officially abollshed until the pastllas'e
of the 18th Amendment to the United ~tate COfi~titu..
tion 111 l' 65 aft~Hthe end of the Civil Win;
Wllerealil after emaneipation from 246 year~ or ~lRVe1'Y1Afri=
can ..Ameritlal1S aeon saw the f!{\(ttID2'political social, and
j

economic ~'ahls they made durillg' R~omustru -tiou evia=

a.rated b viml~nt raeism, lynChing~l di8Gnfr'anchiS{\m~fit1
 Blatm CodeLil and l'acial s~gr~gntion lawti1that Imposed n
I

rigid syst~ln of officially ~lUlction~dI'ama! ~~gr~g'iltionin

virtually all tll't1a~of lifej
""ll{~r~mith~ ~~t~m of de jt1r~ rtmifj,l ~t!w~~ationknown (till
"Jim Crow," which arose in certaln part~of the Nation
following the Civil Wal' to ereate separate and unequal
~oci~tieti! for whit~l;} and AfricMzAmerlcan~J was a direct)
r~!iult of the raci~m agait-mt p~r~on~ of African d{u~(l~nt
engender~d by SlaV81jl'i

\'fJ:l~'rnas a (l~ntmjraf\~r
th~ offif'lal end of ~lav~lj? in Am~rz
lea, Federal action wsa required durinp; the 1960~ to
eliminate the dt\illI'e and defacio ~~tetIl of Jim. Cro-w
throughout parts of the N arion, though its vestig1!/iistill
linger to ihi~ day;
'Vllef1la~ AfriclID~Anl~rican~ contmue to l!!tlftet'frOln the com..
plex interplay between 81aVlin"j~ and Jim Orow=lonff after
botll ~;ystcms were formally abo1i~h~d through enormous
damagt1 and loss, both tanglblt1 and intilugibll, including
the 101!i~ of human dignity, the frustration of Caffi~rt1and
professional liv~s! and the lOllS'=termlOkjj~of 1ncom~ and
opportunity;
'Vh~I't1~ th~ ~tory gf theenslavement and de jUJ.'e!!!egregation
of AfriCID'hi\luelicans and th~ d~111nlulnizin~'atrociti~~
committt}dagain~t them Mould not be puried from or
minimised in the telling' of Alneri{'.f'Ul lJjst{)r;r~
'Vh{ll'ea~ at} JWJl'SJ 200S, dtlrin~f a trip to Gor~~ lfilland, Sen",
elral, a fOl'm~r ~av~ port, President Georg~ W, BUl1ih ac'"
IDlowledged slawlj!ls conti'fltting legllcj! in Am~rlcatl lite
and th~ need to confront that legacy when he ~tated that
11Ila'Velj'fi 'was . , , one of the Sl"eate~t crml{lf) of hi~tory
. , . The racial bigotrj7 fed b~r &lavery did not end with
 ,,1awljT or 'with S~{\Tt;lff1l,tion And matlj' of th~ ili~~tii that
still trouble AmJ~t'i~ahaw recta in the bitt~r ~'Perieflc~
of otMl' tim~~.But however long the jt)Urt'le-y, our dell1tiny
i ~et: liberty wld ju stiee tor all.",
Whereas Pl'~l1iident Bill Clinton abo aokt1owledg~d the d~ep ..
eated problems eauserl by th~ oontinuin~ legacy of rae-
Ism againet African wel'lcan:!l that began with ~lavel'Y
when he initlated a national dialogue about race,

Wltm~us to 1A~llUitUl upoloS'Y is HU impQl~ant and fJJ~tm~l1JtU'Y

first step in the proee s of racial reeonetliatlon,

Whcrca,~ an apoloaY for of brutal dehumanlaatlor,
ccnttU'lC5
and injuijtices cannot eI'I10 the past, but conie' man of
the wrongs committed cM speed rl1{~ialhealing and ree ..
Ollciliation W'ld help ArneriClans confront the Qho3tfciof
thtdr PR~t,
'\Vhtll'eaa the legislature of the Commonwealth of Vir-:il1ia hilfl
rooootly talum the lead in adoptlng a resolution officially
exprefimt2' appropriate remorse for ~lavery and other
Stilt~ legi~latur~lil have adopted or ar~ con ideriui timilar
refllol'l1tiollljand
WheI~{ui it i~ itllportatlt for thi~ (lOUtltry, wlu{~hleflally reeog-
fliz~d ~lavtwy thrcugh its Oonstituecn and its ltlws, to
mal~~ a fOlmal apolo!1:Y fOt, ~lavffijT and fcw it~ sueeessor,
Jim Crow, so that it 011 mow tOl,\Vtll'd and ~eelf rec .
oueiliatiou, jilllti{;~J aud harmotl)" for all of its cit~eu.
Now, th reforfj, be it
ResoZved, That the House of ~presentatiw
(1) ackuowledses that l'llavery is Incompatible WIth
thu basic foundIDg prificil}l~1'3 !~@o;mg~d i-th~ D~clliram
tlcn of Ind~p~ndtIDce that all men are created ~qlUtl;
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(2) acknowl~d8'~8the t\mdMlootal it)jut':!ti~~J
cf'\.;u~lty,
brutalitjr, and inllUIDfitllty of fJlfiV~t'yfind Jim Crow;
(3) f1polQ~~ . to A1rlcau l-UneriCtm~ on behalf of the
people of the United Sta.te for the wrones cmmmitted
{\ft'tu. ~t tilcm find thmr anec iora who ~ufibrod undor'
ma;v~!'yand JUll Cl'O'Wj and

(4) ~"Pr('M1J~~~ Its commitment to f'~ctiQ~th~ lln-

gering eonsequeneea of th~ mlsdeeds (mmmitt~d agaimt
AfriCatl JUn~riCIDl~ under ~lav~ and Jim Crow and to
,top th~ occurrence of human rightfii vlelations in the m..
ture.
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 APO'FOUC Lm~R
m~UEb) MOW PROPRJ()

OF THe SUPREMe PONTIFF

fltANCIS
ON iHg JURmDlrnON OF JUOICIAb AUfHORITIGS OF VATICAN CITY STAi~
IN CRIMINAL MAirgM

In mJf tlm@~f th@ eemmen ;ood ls int;f@~ingly thf@iilmfl~d by tr@n~n~Ugflill

rtlaftil~d erim@,t-heimpro!' f u e of tl'lQ m~rk ~md(;)f th@ ~c:onomYI i~ wlilll
es by b~rmfim.

It jj th@fI~f(}f nee '~iilry fer th~ inmmJtitlMI ctlmmufllty 00 !1lagpt iJdlilqL1gt~

lijgal ifl~tfum~nts t~ f.m;}\I~nt ' ne! eount@f criminiill \lIe;tMti~~,by pmmotifl~
Ifl~fftfltigMI jlJdlei@1eo@~mti@n on erlmlnilll mltt~ffi,

In ratifying nlJm~rolJB in~mgtigm')l conv~noonin the~e areas,~nd ilctiflQ I15@

on ~h~1f of Vg~im City Sttlt~fthe H@!y~ ht! f.:OMtlnt!y miinmln d th~t
~uehug~mtmm ere G~ me~lfm t@PF wn m/ft I aetiviti~~ t!'lot thffigt~n
hYm~mdi9flity, th@common good gnd ~ac@,
With fl Vi~w to mnewlngthe Apostolic See's eommitl'Mnt to eoop~m~ t-o thefje
Iilnd~,.by m ens of thl Ape5t'Olie /"@tmf I~~y@dMtJh! Proprio, 1 ~miilbHh thit:

1. Th@ c;:gmp@ttlnt Jyc:Ut;ial Authgfiti~!jgf Vatican City Statf.1 ihiilll illtlIilXlilrei1il

ptmal juriidlctlon ovef'

a) erlm~~ t;tlmml~d @;ii1i~t th~ ~eufity# th~ f\Jndlilm~l'ltillflt~r@~

er th f}Iulm(my gf th~ H()ly~ ;
b) friroo~ mf@fffid to:

'" in Vatil::i1InCity mgtlfl lJiJw Ng. VUlt gf U July ~01~1

~oflmiflins SlJfJfJ~ffJMtgty NfJfff!6 on f:rlmlnill !JJw
Mltt@f5i

. in Vgti an City State Law No, IX, of 11 July 20U,

(;Onmifliflg Arooflfimcnts ttJ tIl~ CflmlflillCOO@{Jnd t!l~
f:rlmifliJl PffJCMllffl efXI~

I
I I
 wh~n uch crime! are eflmmitt~d by th~ pf;!r-jan~
~f~rr~dto Inr:mf~Qmphl b~low, Inth~~rei~~ af
thiir flJnctlon~i

c;) ~ny I:Jth(i!f e;rim~ wha~(i! pm~(i!~lJtIQn I~ mQYif(i!t:! by in Iflt(i!rm~tlgnll

I;f~errnmtratifled by th~ Holy see, If the ~fpetrator f~ phy~i~11Y
p~ti@nt in the t@rritory of Vitiein City State iilnd hili net btllim
extmdit\\ld.

4. The !;rim(i!!j ftlfel'ffid m in pgl'!gflph 1 Iffi m b@judged pUffiyant to th~

erimin@llaw in fore@in Vatican City ~tatlll iilt th@tim@of th~ir ~ammj!j~IDn,
without pmjydlt:;~ to th~ fJ@nemlpfjflelpl~!jgf th~ I@Q@I ~y~m en th~ mmpor~1
iilpplieatiofl of eflmiflalliilw~,

3.for th~ pl.lrp05~~of Viiltic~n(;fiminiil!liilW,thlil followin9 p~rnoruJ fU~d~~m~d

"plJDhe (JffI~/~/9(~

m~moor~,gffit:iji"~ iilfld ~rntmn~1of tt'll~ \fiilrieY gr;fltJ gf th~

iiI)
RomfiU'\ CYrl~ ind af t.h~tl'UitltYtlOfl~bOfln~md te it.

b) j;lipgll~giilt~iilnddipklmilltie pir~c:mf\~1 of th~ H@1y~~.

t:;) th~~ p~ffion wha S~fVe as f~pffi~~nmtiVei, mgniil~~r5 or

di~ctom, ~~ well es p~f~on~who ~v~n (/(J f~ct()rMfl~9~ or ~X~ft:i5~
control ol!~r the efltitl~~din~ctlydep~ndenton th~ Holy~~~ and
Ii~t~din th~ F~fJi~ry(}f '~mgni~1 juridieil ~mon5 ~pt by th~
Governorate of Vitleon City ~t~tG;

d) mny gth~r peffion heldin~ an ~dmifll$trltive Ofjydieiallmnd@te in

th~ Holy5@lilf ~fIl!jfl~nt or t1lmpomry,Plidor uflPlid, irf~~~ctiv~
of that pifonfs i~niority.

4. Th~ jUfi5dietlcm ffiflilff~d te in parl1f,Jl'flph. 1 ef;lmpl'l~ awo th~ !ildministfativ~

Uibility of jYfidieml eersens iri.~lnfJfrom crim@, i~ r~!3YI~d by V~tiClilfl City
~ttllgwllil

~. Wh~fl thtjl ~ame m~tt@ffiam pr~t\leyt~d in atl'!~rState~ttM pfgVi~iQI'l!1lin

faf(;~in Vliltle~n City ~bfl on eOneYfrentJuridictlonhill flpply.
6. Th~ conwnt of arti~~23 of J.,awNo. CXlX of 21 Nov~mb@r 19B7, which
gppmw~th~ JIJdlc.lgiOrwr (Jf V{1~f1 City Stfitf! fmTIgin~ in fgrtf.l,

Thi5 I dQeidQilnd Qmbl~h, anything to the eontmry ngtwithmnding.

l@tt~r is~uQdMotu Praprkl will ee pmmulgatQd by
I establish that this A~lie
@ pYb~tioo in t:Qs~QfWtomRomano,~nt~ring into fore~ on 151ptwnbor
20;11.
(loon in R(JffIt}, ~t t/J@ A{JMtflllt: ~/~, flntt July ZtI,Q tIK1fiml flf my
f!ontifit:lJt@.

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POPE FRANCIS
F-ORiHe Ce~BRAiION OF-iN!!!
WORLD DAY OF PEACE

1 JANUARY ~al~
NO LONGIR SLAVES, BUT BROTHERS AND 5ISTER,

1. At th~ b~~irtnirtg@f thm New V@arf whl~h W~ w~loom~ IiIS GOd/~ fijlilcioy ~ift
m /ill! hUff\llIfl!tV, I OfT@f h@al1flllltwish~~ of pI1U,U; to ~v~ry mg/'l ~fld WOfflifl, m
glt th~WtlrltV p~gpl~~ iilnd n~tlornilto h~iut~ of ~tillt@ ~Fld goY@mm@nt, lnd t@
mli9loy~ I~gd~ffi, In ggin9 ee, I pray fgf' gn end to Wiilffi, eOflfli(;~ ~nd th~ ~nllii!t
sYf'fgring ~y@d by hyt'n!!\ln ii!~@ney,
by ~pid@mi~p;jt ~md pr~~~nt, lima by thfll
d~vltgti{m wrought by niltufil d~iIt~ffi. I pray ~~~c:if)lIy thillt, em th~ blil~of
eur eenmen ~ltifl9 to eeopefite with God and ~II p@opl~ @f gooo will f6r th~
~dv-!f1~lm~flt of haflflony ~nd P~~6~ in th@ world, W~ mllY ffifiist th~ mmpmtJon
to ii\ct in a mlilnn~r unwmtny of our hum~mity.

In my Me~~ag~ for P~~e~Ia!lt Y~i;lf,I ~poke of l'th@ dt}~if~ for il fulllif~", whieh
iFlC;lyd~i ~ IOfl~lflfJ for frlt~rnlty whleh dmw Uti to f~lIgw~l'Iip with oth~ffiiilfld
~ffilbl~ \,IfJ to 5fil~ tl'l~m not iUll enmIG or riVg~t but iJ~ bmtn1' ilmd ~itef to
b~ ot;~pt@d ind @mbFtl{;@d".[lJ Sin(;@ W@ ere by fliittlJf~mkititll'lal ~in~~, m~flt
to find fulfllmont throygh int~rpor~ofl~d mlltkm~hip~ ifl~pif@d bV juwce ana !Qy@,
it l~fYndlilm@f!til for eur hymun d@v@Iopm@ntthat our di~nity, fr@ooom ilnd
autonomy 00 iJeknowl@dfl~d IiInd ffi~peemd. iragicallyr tn@ @fOwiflfl OOlJfQ@ of
man'!J~Ioitation by 1'Mf) gflWIy damagel th~ lif; ef communion and OUf .
~f;llIin~to foFtJ~ int~rp@ffign~1mljjtion~ ITliuk@g by m~pectf jY~~ iltna lov@.injj
@bomif\liIbI~rmenom~ngn, which IHd~ to (;ont~mpt for th~flJndii)m~flmll'ighti of
Ot.h@fS~fld to tft@ ypf'.m~~jg!,\ofth~ir fr~@dgm iiI!'\ddigfjity/w~1 IMny f'Ofl'flJ. I
w@uld Ii~ bri~flVto oon{iid~1'th@~@/ o thiilt, if! tn@ light tlf God/ wt)n;t, W@ esn
e{)fmid~f iiJlI m~n imd wemen =na ICJtIf}@.F9IiivtJ8, but IJrfJtoor6 i;JfIff sigmm',
IJsttmlf1{j to GtxI~ {JkJnt(Jr hlltniJflity
~, ihf! tn@m@I hgv@th~en fgr thij ~~( m@~fJ@ i dmwfl from ~int PiJull~
~tter to PhilemonIn t willen the Apo~tI(j! a~~ h~ efrw~r to we!eoffl@
OnliiimUj, farm~rtyPhi~mf,m'~ ~IIWf naw ij Chrl5tian Md, th~ffifar~,~cegrdinfll
tg Paul, worthy gfb~inQc;on~idlred q IJmtMr. ih@ Apo~tlCl of th@GQntil@
wfit~~:\\P~rhaps thi~ i~why he Wi!l pi~d fram yOy far ~ whil@, t/'lflt veu mlflht
have him !;niu:Kfor ev~r, no ,gng~r Jjl ~ IliIIY@ but mom th~n i ~!ave, iHj ~

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AGIRBS 2888 (X..LVI"()1l6)

AMERICAN DECLARATION ON 'I"Im lUOHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

(Adaptgd at ttu~third plM\!fY I!IM~5i(}!4Held M Joo 1~ ~()16)

MCALLlNO tOO etmtimUl of resolution A(j/lW~t 28g'i (XLlV=O/14), -'Draft Amed~WI

D~el!lrilti{m on tH@Ri~hts of Indilmlml PQople,nas well 3 1111th@PftlV!tl\lli f@lltl}uHoflllOft thIs iIJlm~,

RECALLING i!l~o the HD@eiafatiou on tb~ Ri~htl ofth~ IndigcmOWl Peoples inthli
Amm@WI;B doemncmt AOIDBC, 79 (XUV",O/14), which ~ilff'inm tlW pro~1i in pr(}motm~ WId
eff~eti.v~ly prot~ting thg ~h1 of thlil indig~Muli poople!i Df the AmW'iw if! a priority fm the
Or~lL~tign of Am~rlean Smw;

MCOONIZlNQ th~ v!llWlbl~ YPport providllld by th~ Dl@mber ~mtl;l!! tlbliefVm' st!l~l th~
t}f~!W1 lIen i~l Md Iffltitie3 of the Or' ~()D of ArMrieiHl StilW fm' tlu~ pff}e~within th~
\Vorkinl Grou.p to PfllPml tH@Draft AmericlUl Deellll'atl.ofl 00 ttw RWtt8 oflmUI(!flOlli Peopb~ftj

MCOONlZlNO IDl\WU th~ impoIWltp3rtieipMlo!l ofmd.!~@DO\lliPOOplf~3oftlw AiMti@!Ui in

th~ proeelili ()fprilpluing thii D@eliwtio ;

TAIUNO INTO ACCOUNT tl1tl l~nifl'llmt !;ontribytign tHat th~ mdiB~ngll~ pgoplcm of th~
A..mwicM ha l~made to humilflit)'!

1. The United St\ltl; ftltllilW oommindto llddr~~a~ tft@ ~~nt i!l~lUlilgf gonem to md.i~t')Y3 pl3gplg~
~f-g the Am~ri~il!ingl~ ~ombiltlns30elml di~~tfliltiOO ilgilimt i~\mOOA peopllSl!ood".
2. eMMa fl3itm'ilt~!i It!! ommitmMt itl 1l ft!n~@d fglilt!ODlI!llp with it 1ndil~ntlll8 poopltl, bll!!d ee
f:Wgnitltlll gfri~U!! f~iltl~ eo=tlplufltioo illul pilltllmbip. Cimildll ilDtlWfully Imai\~fd; .
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Race
About
ihe I"U'!!, CenY ~YfeillY must adhere to the 19(1l{ Offi@eof Mana~ement and ~Yd~et (OM~) temdaffis an raee and
ethnieity wI1ieh gYide the Censys ~ymau In elaifyin9 written reseensee to the raee question;
Whito =A pergfl hgvifl~ griSlfl in Slnyof the ori~iflal peoples of ~uro~, the Middle ~iilst, gr NortM Africa,
8hlekor African American =A person having 'Origins ~fl:any of the .Black raeial-gmups of Africa.
Amerian Indiln or Alukl Nm@ = A -,mrnon hIWing origins in any af the originalpegple gf North !MId6ayth Ameriea
(includingCfmtml America) and who maintains tribal Iffiliation or community attachment. .
Allin = A persgfl havifl9 grigifls IflillflY gf the griginal people of the Fal' ~iiIt, 6gytheast Aia, or the Im;liafl~'ubeofltinent
inelYding, f1lr @Xii)mple,CambOOia,'Yhln~!m:na,Jgpan, Kor~a, Malaysia, f'akltan, th@'Ph1lippinellands, Thaihilnd, and
Vietnam,
Niltiv@HtlWiliiilnor OtherPtlcifiel$lander = A person havifl9 origins Inaflyof the (;lriginal peoples gf Hawaii, Guam,
~amgill, or ather Paeifi@ Island.
'ftle t997 QMS~tafldaf'd~ p@lmit the repeltingaf maf'@thaflone mee. An ,individYal' :repane to the faee 'question I .based
u~fIelf~ldentifieation.
An indlvidYal' reseense to the raee question is based ypon self..jdentlfieation, The Census aUreilll.!ages not t@lIlndividy!ls
whieh boxes to mtlrk or whtlt heMta~e to write ln. For the fimt time In Census ~O(lO, Individuals wen~ pre@flt@{!with the
option te s@lf.iidemify with mo~ than on@ml'<-e!"a tnis eontinued witM the ~O1'O'CefilliiYi. Peopl@wIiIoidentify with more ~hii!n
one raee may 'ooooe to .provide multip!eracc in r~pon@to the mee{luestion. For example, if I feponatmtidentifie IS
"Asian" and "White," they may respond to the qy@tionon race by ehe(lking the appr'Opnate 00x'@ that desenoo their meial
identititl elM/or writinf;l in these identititl on the paee j')rtlVided.
What 13 Rilce1
l'hedataoo raee w@r~d@nv@{!from iilflSW@rsto the {lyestion Of! race that WiilSaskml of individuiillsifl the United 6tates, rne
Census !iiyreay go!!eets meial data in aeeoffianee with ~uidelines provided by tM U,6. Office of Man~ement and ~ydget
(OMS), emd these eata are biiJ3edon self"id@n.tifio!tlt)fl,
'fi'1e mCiaicate90ries included In the eensue qg@tignnair'@gem~mllyr'@fleeta 1lcial definition of 'rage ree09f1il!l:edln t'his
eoyntfY and fll~t an attempt 1'0 'define rnee bi@!ogically, anthropologically, or genetieellly,ln addition, it is fficogni~ed that the
eate~gnf of the rae@itemineIYderacialandnationaloriginofSociocYltura! groups, People may eheese to repaJt more than
one me to iml,ieate their meiiiJl mixture, ueh as "Amerioan Indian" and 'Wh,ite, n Peaj')le who identify their origin as,'Hispanic,
:Latino., f Sf:lanisn may 'be of'illflyrace,
OMS requires five minimgm eelt~oIies; White, BI@eko!' Afftm!n Amerim!n, American Indtanar Alaska N@tive,A~jafl, and
N!tive Hawlilafl Of Otl'ler P!;!eifie Islander,
Reasons for gollegtinginformation on race
Infgrmation on rsee i f'@l;1uired
for maflY F'edeml f:lrograms and is eritical in making poliflY d@flisions, particYlaMy for eivil
fights,State '\;Isetnesedata 10 moot ~e9islative r~dltriQUn9 .f:lrinclJ)le..~aee data also ar~ used to .promote eQual
@mployment o~portYnities and to assess moial dis~aritie in health and nvironrm~ntal risks.
Contagt U3
For llIssistance, please (lontaet the census Call ~nh~r at 1=80()..t)~3=8~82(tol! free) or visit gsk.eeny.!;lav for fyrther
informarn.

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f.efiimf.ti"Oms of al1ltiJhnl!llPci:C!lgf:calll!ltri'glms. 1Ihe desi'gmatti:C!ll1ls are usedl tli:lJ catiegmtriize
US. c[1!iizems, lie5ldemtt all'ems" al1ldi (iltilh'eli e[j'g,mre mOIil-ccitiizel1ls. Ilrndf,wi:d'wal:s are
as~edl1!o f1i'fiS,1:d'es:L'9matte etilhmi'cci!ti.was:
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FAOs 0IflI Rare arnd IEtffilIRliidy
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Red!esigrrn Oweniew oft' iP1hlilfiPpfuoo IslaOOs" Thailaoo. aoo V!ielJrnam.
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Sedicmll Mlalitiallalw - MifitarJY j,llIlilsdidi:oli1l - Mlil:itarry necess[ty - Retalliart!foD" 1-30

Se:df.oli1llt p'llIblle and plTiValte plTopelity o.f tl!1e eme,IIli1lY-, I
P'liolec:.ti:oli1lof: peITSOIIIS~alnd espec[all of wC).efili~ of: liel[gJom!~tl!1:eallits, ail'iTdsici:em:c:es -, 31-47
PllInlsl!1m:emt of cliim:es ag,ailllst tl!1~ei'IIII!1'abifalmtsof hostil~e COllll'i1tlii.es;~

Sedi:on n.~Deselitell's - Plirsom:elis of Walli - Hostalges - Booty OIi1lthe baHle'fi:efdl

11
48-80
I
Se&1i:onlY.. Pa1II'tisallls - Alili1iT.edenemlie,s not b:efolllgjlll~g to the itosltife allimy -
81-85
Scou.ts- Alimed pliowfelis - W'ali-liebels.

Se&1ion v.. Safe-c;ond'u:&t - Spi'es - Wali-traitors -

Cap1llllied messengelis - Abw:se) of tllle f'ag 0,1'tliw:ce., I l!-104 I
Se:&1i:olillV~" Ex:chan~ge oj' pliisom~elis - 1F'la~gsof truce - frs\g;S o.f pliC!Jtectii.'C!J1iIl 105118
Sedi:on Vn\~11!1e Paliole 119134
Sec:.1i:oli1lVIIJI.AliIIli1lfs1ii:ee- Capitufaii:oli1 I 135.147
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mttl!lltla'.al 10111\1 <NJ1.~alE!1e!!Il!Jh119.t1m
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Ad.,33~

lit is; rn:o l'OIlT.g]EHl"c:co:rns:i'd:e:rredi Je;wfjl\JilI - CO:11li

tiltre l!:ol!111l1ralliJ"ilt is; Ih:efdl no tile 031S:e:Jr[OIlJIStillTeacl1n o;f ti!h~e l!al'i/.WCDJfwallr - tio ffo:lTc:e tilh:e 5'llJb~ds; 1iJ;~'~lhle ellT.e:1iIi11W i:rnlt'o time
sel7'l1i'll:e: o~: tilite 'W[dallii~lIJiS gjj(D;'ltelilitrml:ern~'. eXiIC:efPlti:tilh:e l!a~tieli s'lhio:w:I:dl11lliCrll:l!alum" a~ti:eli 031fa:ilT a:rn:d1cl!J:/ilil'p:I'etie C:0lIitQillJ:e:s1t(iJ,ttilille: litostile c:ow!rn:til1Jf (l):rrd!iis~Il'i:d" tillla~ iiti:is
rresolNte:dl to Jreetpl tillle COllJil!TiI!liJ" d:is~.Jri!<eti"011'p:lace p:elima:l1l:el1l~r,w as [tis ow,rrn O3ll1l:d1li1i1'al~el:tral p:uilii:ol1li of i~s CO,WI1liC:lO!lIJililrtirw.,

Ad., 34.

k;, a: gJel1liet1aH Imd:e:. tilh:e tp)lTop:elillw lb:eI:CO:lIT.giil11;g) to I!:lhllJlrr<elhles. tiCO)litco:stp:i~ars. or (l)Jtlite:1Testia,IbJf[slmlili1:e/illtis of allm eXi:d!J:si~ellw dl'a:I1[tiam:le c:Jtraliade:rr" to
es~allb;lislhl/ilil'em~S alti: e:dllU:c:a,tii:CO:I1li. all!' fiOllJIIIT.d1artirolT1's1fo:1itihe tp:IH01Jrli1;altiiID:11li
off ~lIT.o,wl:e;(ij~g;e" wlIl.etioor p:llJilb:ll:c s:c:Ih:ools" 1IJ111l:i~elisi~i'e:s"ac:ad!emm:i'e:si O1fflle:a:miiJITg 011'
oJl:l'.seli'Walttorri:e:s" liIi1illJ Se:IlJiIili1Sco,f tithe fii'Jn:e arrtis" ou co)fal sll:iernltiimtc C!hla:lia:de:1i SW:l!:l!ll P;1fCD:tp:e:rrtiW
i is lillOlVtio be C:(O'l1lisim:e:rre:d1tp:llI'fal'i'ctp:JrCD'tp:e:rrtiW
i'11litlil:e se/i1lS:e of l!l'allia:gJJFatp:1hl
311;; Ib:w~:rtr m031WIDle taxedl er IlJIsedl ~1ite:fJ1l ~I!r.e fPJlllilb:~iE;senim maw "eqiUlltrre iitt.,

Ad., 35.,

CI!a'ss'i:cali Wlllliks OJf anti" ItiiIb:Jrallii:e:s" sll:i:e:lmtiiffiiic; c(l):U'edIllllS\, lIT'tp:11e::i'o,l!JiS1;/i1lS;tiI11!Jlmeliltsl"S:Ul:C!hi8'$ aJStilT\lllitco;mi~a'ti tie[eSlr:O:IP:es. O3iSweill as m:os:pfttails" mllJs;li Ib:e
se:C:UlllI'ed! agaII1l~st 8!llj 8Nlo.f,dia:Ib:I'e j'1ll~WIIiW"e,'IJ'El:1il1Wtite:1111tlitew awe CCiJ.Il1Jttai'm:e:dlI'Imlibfl1iiffii'e:dltp:l!a.<ess W,lhii'lS:ti:Ib:e:s:[eg;edl (l):Ii'Ib:mm1lb:ail1d:edl.,

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND approved thl\\ USI\\gf th@n@wsttmdards
BUDGET bythe Bureau of the CensYliiin the
"Drtllii5Rl\\hl\\arnal"fgr CtlruiUS~QOO
Rev!ic:m3 ta the Standard3 far the schllduilld to bll eendueted in MID'ch
Cla33ifigatian af Federal Data an Rage 1998,
i!nd EUmigity Ag()R~~~S: Please SflOd ceerespendence
AGIiiNev: Extlcutive Offictl of tlu~ about OMB's decision to; Katherine K,
Pfllidtlnt, Offietl of Managemlmt and Wallman, Chitlf Statiliititiian, Offi{;tlgf
l'l et (OMl'l), Office ofIilform{ltion Im'(:)rm!!tion and Rllgylatgry Affatrs,
_Qgylatory Affaiffi, Offititl gf Managl\\ml\\nt md Budgl\\t,
Room lO~1H New Exflcutive Officl\\
ACTIOI"!: Notitltl gf dtltliion,
Building. 'nl5 17th Stretlt N,W"
YMMARYi ~y fui Ngti~l\h QMD i Washingtgn, D,C" 2(1)03; flm; (ill02) 395-
Its decUiion contleming the n45,
ftlvisitm tatistieal Poliey Dif(~etivtl ~L~eTRONle AVMA!ilIUTY AND ADDRSS~S:
No, 15, RaCI'land Etlmitl ~tiind&ds for ThY! Ft'!dt'!m Rt'!gWt'!r Notice and thll
Fl'ldtlral ~tatities and AdminUitrativtl rlllattld OMB Ngti{;tls gf Juntl9, 1994.
RQPorting, OMl'l is ll~epting the August 28, 11)1}~,lmd July 9, 191}7,artl
retlommendation5 of thelnttlragtmey avaUabltl eltltitm. frgm thtl OMB
Cgmmitttltl for tlm Rtlvi@wof th@R!l!;ial Homtlpage en th _ Wide Web:
and Ethnie ~tand&ds with the f'elllowmg ~~~ttP;lIwww.whitehaYliie.g!~1WH1
two modifit11IJigM; (l) tht) Asian gr EO, IOMBlhtml/fgdrgS,html~~,
P{letfie blander eateggry will b@ F@d@fi!lR@ ~ t~f Ngtictl are alse
separatoointg two tlattlgorie-"Aian" availlibll\\ .. @ l},S,
and "Nativtl Hawaiian or Othtlr Paeifie Government PrintinS web 5ite;
Wllndtlr," {If\d (g) thQ tQrm "HY!p{lf\ie" .g~http;/www.atic~.gpo.ggv/~Y dow
wUl bQ changtld tg "Hispanie orl.atino," iltie/a!;eHO,html~~, Qutlstions about
Thtl fllvistlij sttmdard wUl h{lV{lfivtl a~cesliiing thg F@dtfi!l Rt'!.sttr tmlintl
minimum eattlgoritlS for dala on f!l!itl; VHl may btl IDrtleted tg
Amtlriean Indian er Al~ Nativtl, ttllephone (i'!0i'!)~ llH 530 or toll freg at
Asim, BIaek or Afiicm Arnericm, (888)~98-M98: to fax (~O~)lH2-1262;
Native HawllUm or Oth@r Pacific gr to E-mail ~~!WQati(;eslj@1Wo,gQV~~,
~lander, md Whitll, Thtlre will be two Thi~ Ngtice is'available ill paper copy
eategoritl for data on flthrneUy; frgm the OMB PubUtiatigns Offitltl, 725
"Hisparnc; or Latino and "Not Hispanic; 11th ~trllet, NW, NEOtl, Room g~OO.
II
or Latino," Washinutgn. D,e, 20l)OS; telephone
:r~ ~~ppllilm~ntary~\'Irmatign
fui .. otic:;eproYldes baekgnnmd
in (g02) S9!F7S3g; fax (g02) 395-6137,
f-OR fYR'fH(gR INFORMATIONeONiAtm
inf'elrmatifm on the tand&ds (~@etion S~ Evinger. ~tamtical PoU~
A); a summary of the c;ompreheftivQ Offitle, Office of Information and
fI~view preeess that btlg{lf\in July If)~S Resulatory Affairs. Office of
(Stletign B); a britlf ',iyngpliiigf the Managemtlnt and J}udgtlt, NEOB, Room
public cgmm@ntliiOMB rQcQivl\\don the Hl~Ol. n5 17th ~tretlt, N,W ..
rQcommendation5 for chmses to the Wi!!;!h n. D,C, 20503; Mtlphon@;
stmdards in feSpQn5e to 9, (202) 3093; fax (lW2) 395-iill41),
1997, F~d~ri!l hgisttr No .cUlm ~YPPLM(gNTARY INFORMATION:
C); OMB's f:h~(liign5(In thtl :!pe{;ifie
rl\\~ommtmdatiQn5 gf the Interagency A, liuikgmuml
Committtltl (~ection D); and information For more Ulan 20 year:!, thtl ~urnmt
on thll work that is undtlrway en stmgafd:l in OMB':l ~tatisti{;al Pgli~y
tabulation issues ~ocillted with the Dirtlctivtl No, 1~have provided a
gf muHiJ)le rlltil\\rl\\spgnstl eemmen language to pmmote
uniformity md comparability f{}rdata
Thll revitld standards for the en raetl md etlmieity fgr th! pgpulation
claliiliiificatitm gf Fedtlral data on ractl gr9Up!i spe~ified in thtl Dirtlctive, They
and etlmicity are prilsented at the flOd were devldoped in cooperation with
gf this notictl, thllY ftlplatitl and Fed.tlral agtlneie to pmvide (ign5Uit~mt
!lUJ)l\\fslldeStl!tUitieal Potier Dirl'letive data on race and etlmicity throughout
No, 11), thtl Federal (illvgmment, DQvelgpment
~f-f-geTIVIli DAf~: 'fhll m~w stmdards win gf the data standards temmtld in large
b@used by thtl BYrtlllu gf thQ CtlrnlUSin mei!!;!Yrtlfrgm new repgfl5ibiHtitllii to
the ~OOOaeelmnial CQrnlY,Othl'lr (lnforctl civil rightlii laws, Data were
Feder=.alprograms ll.hOU. Idad. gpt the needed to mfmitor equal access in
5tand_ . as (lgn as pgssible, but not hgY5inJ;I,edu~ation, employment, and
Illltlr tl1 J!'inUllry 1, ~QQ~. fgr use in gther ID'{las,f'()rpgpYlatign5 U!at
household SYfVe,Y'administrative historically hag tlx(Jerienetld
forms and nwords. and other data
colle(;tion5, In addition, OMB hi!!;!
d:is<;;riminationand differential
treatmtlnt because of their race or
etlmidty" The ttmdards afll YliiedntH
only in the dectlOnial Ctln5US(which
pmvide the data f'elrthe "deaemlnater"
f'elrmmy mtlasYrtl), but alIiigin
hgY5ehold SYfVllylii,gn ildminUJtrativll
fgrmlii (e,g" school regiliitmthm md
martgag(ll(lndinS applications), md in
meditial md {}thtlrresearch, The
cat~ggr!es r~pr~lii@fital!()cial-pgUtical
('lgnstrntit dtligntld fgf cgUlleUnll datil en
the race and ethnicity of broad
popYlati. on groups in thUi country, and
ar~ ng~anthrgpmgt{it;ally or
e!~ntifitiaUy bastlg,
B. CQmp"lu~min R~vkw Pr1)ti~M
Partic;ularly sinCg the Hmo cefl5Y1ii,the
tangards hav~ {;gm@undtlr inCflli!!;!in/i!
eriUeim from th9S@who beHllve thilt
thtl minimum (;atllsmifl tlt forth in
Dirtletive No, l~ dQ m~treflect the
increi!!;!ing diversity of gur Naoon's
pgpulatifm that has ftl!lulttlg primarily
frgm grgwth in immigratign md in
interracial marriases, In reliipornle to the
critieUimlii, OMB aoooYfle@d in July 1993
that it wl'lYld undertakfl a
cgmpfllhfln5ivfl revitlw gf the clID'~nt
categofitl fOf dam gn filce md ethnitiUy,
Thilii rilView hilliiOOtlficgnduettld ever
tht! last four ycmrs in collaboration with
the ~nttlf'tlncy C,?mmitttltl for. the
R@Yltlwg, thtl Rlleml and Ithm!;;)
Standilfds, whi{;h OM! tltablUJhtld in
March 1994 to facilitate thtl
particiPlltion of F@d@ralageneies in the
ft~vitlw, Th@members gf Ule lnttlfill3lilncy
Committel'l. from m{}rnthan 30 cill.
rt!pr~ent thtl mmy md divt!me eral
needs for data on raee and ethnicity,
including statutory reqrnrilmllntlii fill'
such data, 'fheIntefagency Cgmmittetl
dtwtllgpl'ld thl foUowing principles tg
sov~m the review prgC~S;
L The racial md ethnic categories set
fm1h in th~ standards shguld fUlt btl
interpreted as beinl3 primarUy biglggical
or gtlnetic in rnf~fflnel1l,Race and
~tlmicity may be thought gf in tefmlii of
social and cultural ch&actllristics as
wen all ancestry,
g, Respect f'()rindividual diS!lity
shguldgmdtl the processes and m@thods
fgr coll@cting data on rac;tl and tlthnicity,
idllaU,Y,rtlPondtlntself.1dt!ntifieatitm
hQuld btl faeHUattld to the ~feattl!lt
fOOent pmJiblt!, rtleggnOOng that in
seme data eelleeuen systems obstlrver
identifitlatign Uimort! praetitial.
S, 'f9 the exttlnt priulticable, the
eonctlpYl iIDd ttlrminolggy shguld r@flQ{;t
elflaf and generally un@rstood
def.mitions that em aduevt! broad
pybUe ileetlptantltl, 'fo i!!;!Yftlthtly ID'e
r~liabltl, mgarn~, ami undtlf5tm~d by
respgndentlii m_ gbsl\\l'vers, the racial
:'!d::t:~b!d:f~~j~a
 Federal Resister I Vol, 62, No, 210 I Thursday, Odober 30, 1997 I Notices
appf"Opriaw sei~ntifie m@thodQloSi~s,
induding the soeiillseimees,
4, The raeiill and ethnic eategori@s
showd be eompr'@lulftsive in coverage
and preduee compatible,
mmdupli~tiv@, @~hans@able data
aefQSSFederal agefU:ies,
, Foremost eoftllideration showd be
given to data ~Qgatioos by raee and
ethnieity that are ~eful fgr statistieill
anillyms and pf"OFam admtnistratign
and allllellllment, bearins m mind that
the standards are not mtended to b@
used to tlI!tablillh eU-8ibUity for
pameipation m any federal pmFam,
6. The standanlslihould be developed
to meet, at a mmimum, Federal
legislatin and programmatic
requirements, Consideration showd iIlo
be givtm tg need at the Stille and Im~al
governmeflt leve~. mduding Ameriean
Indian tribal and Alaska Native village
governments, as well as to general
sO<lietalneeds f'Qrthese data,
7, The eategm'iesshomd set forth a
mWmum standard; additionill
eategories slumld 00 permitted prQvided
they ean be aggregated to the standard
categories. Th@number of tandard
cat@gori~ hould be kept to a
manaStlables~e, detflrmin@d by
matistic:;al eoneerns and data needs,
8, A femed set of ~tegoritll! should
bQop@ratitmaUy fw!jiblQ 10 terms of
burden plaeed upon resucndentsi public
and private costs to implftlment the
ftlvisioftll !lhomd 00 a factor m the
decillion.
9, Any changes tn the ()1Itegoritll!
rn{:lwd be billled on sound
methodological rflearcn and should
indude @v;iluatigns of the impact gf any
changes not {:lrnyon the YsefYlne of
the rf.lsulting data but iIlo on the
comparability of any new cate~ories
with the f.lxisting on@s,
1g, Any r~vision to the eategories
shgmd prgvide for a crollllwalk at the
time of adoption b@twf.lenthe old and
the new categori~s so that historicill data
series ean be statistiwly adjUllted and
compwoftll ()aHbe made,
1.L Beeause of the maps and varied
nee and strgng IDterdependenc:;e !}f
Federal aglmcies for filfiial and ethnic
data, any dtan~~ to the eKill~
~teggries shoYld be the prgdyet of an
interagen~ collaborative eff'Q!1,
H~,Time will be illlowed to phase in
any ll@W c:;ategories, A..gemiieswill not be
reqIDred to update hiIltoriw re(;or,
13, The new direc:;tive should 00
app?e,~l{! thnmghout the u.s, Federal
statill~__"ill system, Th~ standard or
litanda ds must be usable ft)!,the
deee' "al tlensu!!, eurrent surveys, imd
llgmm . tjV\,1 f1lt;;grg, indydiri~ thg\,1
using gbs~rvcridcntifieatlgn,
The prmcipal objective oftbe r~view
has been to enhance the aeeura(;y of the
demographic inlormation collected by
the Federal Government. The s~
point for the review was the minimum
set of ~tegories f'Ordatil on riltle and
@tlmicUy thilt have provided
information tor more than 1W years tor
11variety of PYfP(}ses. and the
reeo~tion of thftlimportance of being
ilble to milintain thtsmstortei!l
continuity. The review protlellll has had
two major \dements: (l) publle ctlfmfumt
tm the pre~tmt standM-ds, whid\ n@lp@d
to id@ntif,yc:;on~erns and provided
num@roYugge~tions for ~hanging thtl
~nandi!fds; ang (2) re{lard', and testing
related to asselllling the pOllllible eff@ctsimJllemefltatiofl, R~S~af'tlhwas
of llugS~sttld c:;hangtlllon the 'lyality andunaertaken to provide an objective
YWJm@1lIlgf thertlSultlng data.
Public:;input, the first element of the
Hlvi~w proetlllll. was sought thrf)ugh a
variety gf mtlaftlli (l) During 191i13,
ConFe~sman Thom~ C, ~awyQr. then
Chairnum of the HoYe ~ubeommittee
on CensY. ~tisties. and Postill
Pergrmtll, held four hearmgs that
melYded 27 witnelllle, foeYing
pWtlularly on the illie of the tlat@~miell
in thQ ~OOO census. (~) At the f(l(Juet m' been identifi~d, These issues included
OMS, the National A~demy of -
~ki{lml~' Cmnmittee on National
~tllti!lti() (CNSTA'l') egnduc:;tQd a
wor!wmJ'! in February 1~~4 to artiem1lte
iIlIluellsurrounding 11review of the
tamgoriell, Th~ workshoR mcluded
fepr@Stlntatives of Federi!lllgenei~s,
academia. soeiillsciene@ reseMeh
institutions, Interest grgUps. privatg
mdustry, .{lnda loealschool distriet. (A
summary of the workshop.
available from CN~TAT, eioi
Constitution Avenue, N.W,
Wasrnngt;on, D,C, 20418,) (3) On Jung 9. or tel!lpnone interviews and in self
1994, OMB published a '@d~fal
R@gm@f (69 FR g9S~1-g98~l;I)Notice
that contained baekground inf'Qrmation
on the development of the c:;urrent
!!tandards and reqY(~sted public
comment 00; the adequa<lY of CUIT'@nt gn the wording of the questioH and the
racial and ethnie ~tegoriei the
principles that should' govern any
propoSQd rt!visions to tIlt! standards; iIDd major nationill tew. the ftlulw ofwhieh
spetific:; u~el!tigns for than~ that had
been gffeTiltrby individuills find
mterelited FOYPS over a period of
several years, ill response. OMS
n~teiv@d nearly 800 letters, ~ part gf
~ e-omment period and to bring the
feview closer to th~ public. OMS iIlg
heard te~timony from 94 wnnesses at
h@aring::iheld dYfifl-i lwy 1994m
Bgston. Denver, ~an Fr!!nti!lcg, and
Honolwu. (4) In an August gS, 1995,
F~tl!'aI Rtl&i3ttll' (Q FR 44674-4461:13)
Notic{!, OM provld~d an interim repQrt
58788
on the review preeess, ineludin~ a
summary of th@eomm@nts on tfte June
1994Fcacw .~tGr Noti{;Q,and
Offllrtld a ftnill opptlftYfiity f'Qfcomment
on the resear-eb to be eonduetftti during
199(}, (5) OMS staff haw also discussea
the review Pf"(;){;Q with vaneus
mterested FQUPS and h1lve made
presentations at numgm~ m~etm~~,
The second elemmt of the nwiew
procellll invglv@d f'@seartlhMd testing gf
variOilli propoQd tlh~e. The
eategoritlS in OMll's Direetive No, l ar~
Yed not only tg prooyee data gn the
demographic charaetenmcs of the
population, but iIlo to monitor civil
ngnt @nfgn;;emtlfttand program
assessment of the data qU1IUtyillllue
assOCiated..with variOY approac:;hes to
fioUeeting dilta on raee imd I,lthnieity, To
that end. the mterag@ney Committee's
Restlarch Workift~ Group, ee-ehatred by
the Bureau of the Census and the
Bureau of Labor ~tiltisl~. f~viewed the
vaneus critieillms and 1iYggeliltionsfor
changing the eurrent tlategQritlS, and
developed a r~QM'tlh agenda for I!ome of
the more ignmc:;ant iIlIlUQthat had
hew te eoUeet data gfi P@l'gftllwho
identify themselvtll! as "mmwaeial",
whether to eembine f1lee and Hispanic
origin in one question or have separ1lte
questions on raee and H!panic gri~iHi
whether to eombme the CO!l{;Qptof
race. etlmicity. and ancestry: whether te
ehange the terminology ~ed for
partieular eategories; and whether to
add new tlategori~ to the current
minimum s@t
BeeaYtl the mm:ie of datil t'oUection
ean have an effect on how a perllon
res~onds, the res~arch asel'lda prQPQsed
stuaies both in SYfVtly!l~g m-JlefSOn
ilt'lmmmtered qu~tioMaires. such I!
the dec~Mial ceft~, which are fUl~d
out by the respondent and mailed baek.
Cggnltiv~ mtervi@ws were eenduered
with varitlY ~oups to provide guidance
mstrnetiofllj for the tests ang studies.
The f'@soorehagenda inelyd@d sev@fal
il!'@-
diseYlloo throy~(mt the
mteragelWY Committee's
; (1) In May 1991), the BUfeay !'}f
Labor Statisti() (B~) sponsored a
~ypplement on Raee arid Ethnieity to
the Current Pgpmatign Survey (CP~),
The finding were made available in 11
H!96report,
58184 Federill Register I Vol, 62, No. 210 I Thursday, October 30, Hl97 I Notices
available frgm In.~,2
Mesaaehusens Avemul, N.E" Rg{)m
41Wl, pg~ti\l ~qY1!fe Building,
Washington. D.C. 20212. or by ~alling
202-606-7575, The results were alSg
Ilummariged m iIfI Otltgger 26, 1991},
news release, whtch ill avallable
electronically at ,g,ghttp://stat~,bls.gov/
newll,rnle{l,'le!ethni(),tg(;,htnl~~. (2) The
~Yreau of thl'! Cl'!nsYs, {IS part of its
researeh f{)r the tWOOeensue, tested
alternative appro,ac:he~ to egUf)eUng data
on raee and ethmmty tn the March 19~6
Ni!U('mal C{)ntent ~yrvey (NC~). The
Census ~urtl1!Y published the results in
a December 1996 repgrt,
highlights of thll fllpoft are
available at ,g~http;llwww,eenI:!YIl,g{)v/
populiltian/www /saedeml'll
96natcgntentliiYrYt\y.htmb~, (5) In Jmw
1996, the Cemi\.l~ 8ureay eeadueted the
Race and Ethnic Targeted Test (RAE'IT),
which wall dllllignllg te permit
{\Ilse~~entlii of the effeetlii {)f pgs~ihle
chf:lflgell on smaller pOlndatigns n{)t
rnUatily m@{l,'lyredin nationalllampies.
inQl.uding ~llfitian ,Indians. Al~~a
Natives, aetailed M~an and Pacific
Wi!nder gnmpll (sueh as Chinese and
Hawmians). and detailed Hispani('
groups (sueh as Puerto RicilllS and
CUgiIDll).'fhg Cgn~ull BYf~au r'@!~allgd
the f{lsyltsln a May 1t'l97 report,
. mghlights of thtl rtlpmt are
availablil at ,g,ghttp://www/e@mmll,sav/
pal'lulaUl'm/www Id{)cymtlntation/twps-
0018,htnll",,,,, Singll~ eeptes (paptlr) of
th~ NCS and RAE'f'f rep@fls may be
9btilined from the Popyliltjon Dfviion,
U,S. Bureau of thtl C~msuli, W{l,'lhin/;Jton,
D,C. 202~3; ttlltlph9ntl 301-457-240g,
ill addition to th{)S(lthree miJjgr tests,
the National Center f(lr Edueatim!
Statiliticli (NCES) f:Ifldthe Offi(';{lf{)r CMI
Rights in the Dllpart:ment of Education
jointly ~QndYQted a :mrvey of 1,000
public seh{l(,}ls tg c\{ltermintl how
sehecls collect data on the race and
ethnidty of their students and MW the
adminilitmtive reeerds containing th~e
data are maintilintld to meet ~tatutm'Y
requirement:! fOf reporting aggregate"
inf'grmation to the Federal (igvemment,
NCES pugUlihed the r{l~iYltsin a Mareh
19U6 r~pmt.
(NCES 96-(92), Thtl l'epol't i5 available
eleetroniQally at ~,ghttp://ncell,tld,sov/
pubs/9609~,htnll~~. ~ingle paper eepies
may be obtamed trom NC~, S55 New
Jers@y, NW, Wa:lhington, D.C. 20208-
SS'H, qr by calling 202-219-1442,
The felitlarch agenda alse included
sNdies ~omlucteg by the Natignal
(;~nttlrf9r H~i!lth Sti!ti!!ti~, th@Offi\';t) 9f id~ntmwH9n ts Y!!tld,r~spgndtlnts whg
the f.\ssiatant Se~retary for Health, {!fId
the Center'S f'{lf Dise{l,'le Cgntml and
Prevention te evaluate the preeedures
\.lI:!edand the quality of the information
on raee and t}tImicity in admiflimative
records such as that fepgrted on birth
tlertifi~attlS and re(;Qrdtld gn death
eertifi(;llttls.
On July 9. HUn. OMB f)yblillhed i!
F~dcrm &gi8t~rNeuee (62 FR 36874-
36946) containing the Interagllncy
Committet!'1i ~ -
'fh(l Ngti~(l madll available (gr ~gmment
the Interageney Committee's
rtlegmmemlatigns f'gr how OMB should
ftlville DirtlQUve No, t 5, The report
(;Ornlilltsof six ~hilpterll, Chilpter 1
provides a briefhmtory of Direetive No, Under Law, and the EQual Employment
H). a Ilmnffiilf)' of thtl issues eenstdered
by the mtt!raitlney Committee. il fevitlw
gf tht! resear~h a('tivities, and a
discy~ion of tht! criteria used in
conducting the t!valYation, Chapter 2
diliculise!! a TIymber of genllral eoneerns
that nt!tld to be addre~ed when
eOMidlu1ng any changes to the ~Yrrent
sumdardl:!, Chilpter/i 3 throygh 5 rep{)rt
tilt! results of the research il!i t:Ju~ybear
Oftthe more significant suggestions
O~ received t'gr cllanges to Directive
No, 16, Chapter (}gives the Int{lragtln(;y's "multiple race" reporting, Q{l,'lingtheir
Committee 's recommendations
cgncern~ the various suggested
change!! b{l,'ltldon a rtlview of pybUc
comments and testimony and the
r@stlarch reliults,
e, ~mmnilfY gf egmm~nts R~ieivedon
tb~ Int~r~flY eommittt~!s
Reflommmdiltiom
In response tg the July 9. 1997.
Ftdtl'i\I Rtgbttl' Nence, OMBftlceived
approXimately 300 letters (many of them indicate thllir pr~ary fileial affiliation
hand writttlfl) on a variety of l~ues,
plus approxirrmttlly 7000 individuaUy
signed and mailed, prtlprinttld pgstt!ID'fMi multiple r!lCllrepornng uggested that
on the issue of ela&&U,yingdata on
Native Hawatians, and aggut 500
indivithJaUy slgntld form Iettees frgm
members of the Mapa Issues Forum in
SUPpgrt of adgpting the
recgmmentiatioo f'gr mYlti}}lt! race
nlporting, Some of tht! 3QQ letters
focillied on a single reeemmendauen
particular interest to th~ writer, while
gthgr l~tt~ffi iuldrlllilieg a numbtlr gf thtl implemtmtation pmbleffi/l, Comments
reeemmcndanens. The pr~pongerantie
of the eommtlnts were fftlm individuals,
Imt:h COmffltlnt was Qonsideroo in
preparmg O!vm's deeiajof\,
The Interageney Committee
fet;Qmmendf.ld that, when stllf,
wish to identify thtlir mixed raeial
heritage should b~ i!ble to mark or select
more than om~ of the raelal categories
originally speeified in mfl~etive ~o, 15,
but that tnQre should not be a
"multiracial" (;lltegm',Y,This
reeemmendauen tQ r'@PQflmultiplf.l
races was fiWQrnbly received by most of
these commenting on it, induding
i\SIl{)eiatioM and orgatmation!lsYeh all
the l\merieIID Medioo Msoeiatign, thtl
Natilnl.al Edut:ation M&ociati{)n, the
National Count:U gf La lWla, and the
National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics, {l,'lWId] Mall Federal agencies
!hat f1lSlmnded, Cmmmmts frem somtl
'UOO!l, such {l,'lthe NAACP Legal
and Edutiiltional Food, the
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Advillmy Cgoot:il, were reeepttve tg the
recommefldilggn en multiple fa~!l
rtlspgnli~, but exprtllllled f1llmrvations
pendin/il dtlvdopment gf mtmliltion
methodli tg ensure the utility gf these
dam. The reeemmendanen Wall also
syppmted by many of the adveeaey
groul'ls that had earlier IlYpported a
"mult.iraeial" (box;) cates{)ry. sueh as the
AIl/loemtign of MultiEthnie Aroeritif:\flli
and its atfiliates nationwide, Several
individuals Wf'Ote in SUPpgrt {)f
emnments on a ~eptember 1997 article,
"What Rl!ce Am It' in
magazine, whieh urged Us readers "to
ex;pr.-.tlssan. gpinig. n on whether or ngt a
'MYltiracial' ~ateggry !lh~mld be
induded in all feuerall'tlGonlkeepmg,
mduding the gO(}(}eeasus." A few
Qommtmts !lpt!('ifically [iworing myltipltl
raGe respofllles !luggelimd that
T{lspondents should also be alJked to
in order to facilitate the t;IDylatil;Jfl gf
fllspanse, A hf:lfldful af comments on
individuals with both Hispanic and
non-Hi5pame ht!rih!ge be permitted to
mark or seleet both ciltegories (liee
dieullliion below),
A few commt!nm, in particular some
frgm state ~!lm;i~ and If.lgislaturlls,
apposed any mYltiple raGe f1lpOrUng
of beeause gf posible mCHl{l,'ledemim to
eellect the information and
!'rom the Anu~fi~an Indian tribal
governmenm also weril gPPOOOtg the
recommendation cooGerning reporting
mgre th{!fl one rnee, A Humtier of the
eomment that supported multiple race
respcnses else e~r,@!i!led eeneern about
the cast and burden af ooUeding the
informaugn to me~t F@deral reporting
r-eqwements, the clledule for
tmpillmentation, and how the data
WQwd btl mbYlattld tQ Im~~t
the
requirements of legillltite nl~triQting

and emm-eement of the Voting }tjghts
Act, A few comments expressed liuppOft
f(')fcllt@ggrttl~ed "huinm, Qf II
HAmeriCi!fl": ~Iw@ralpmpos@d that tfler1!
be no collection of data on race,
The Interllgtmcy Committee
reegmmfmded iMt data tm Native
Hawaiians continue to be el~med in
the ~ii!fl er Plldl'ic Wmder clltegory.
'fhi f'tlcgmrmmdf!ti{lJ'l W!! gppged by
the Hawai.ii!fl. c~ftgn~~ioflal .delegation.
the 1,000 mmwlualli whe mgned afld
sent preprinted yellow post@rds, the
Smt.e-of Haw;W, aepmmefit.!i and
legisl!lrnre, H!lwilliim orgimi~!ltl{ln!i, and
other inmviduiilii who t;ommented on
this r1!cmmmmdation. Ifl!!t.ead, the
comments from these individuals
IIypPofled feelallliifying Native
Haw;w'!!f!!i in the Ammicim Indian or
Alaska Ni!tive ci!tegofY, which th@y
view as i!fl "inmgeno~ peoples"
categtlry (althfmjh this emegory has not
be@n coMideH'ld Of portrayed in this
mmner in the tmdar-d), Native
Hawillians, i!!ithe deseeadants of the
griginal inhi!bitimts gf what ill now the
Smle flf Hawaii, believe that i!!i
inmgenoY!! p!:lople they !!hould be
clas~med in th!:lsame 9!tegory as
Amenean Indians and Al~a Natives,
On the oth!:lr hi!fld. the Ameri~ Indii!fl
tribal governments have opposed such a
redassifiMtitm, primarily neeaY!!e they
view the data tlbtained ffgm that
categol)' as b!:ling essennal for
administering Federal programs for
Amill'i9!fllnman!!. Comments from the
NiltiVtl Hawaiian!! i:\lso ntlted the Allian
or Paeil'i~ IlaH{l!~r~Iltegory provide
inadequate data fur monitoring the
social and eeenenue conditions of
Native Haw;w'i!fls and other Pacific
bland1M' sr-oYPIi.Reei!Y!!tlthe
Interllgem;y COmm!Ue!:lhad
recomwmaed ilgillfllit adding categorie
to the minimum !:Itof categories.
rtlquesting a separate Mttll{Ory f"OrN~tive
Hawaiians Willinot viewetlilli an tlption
by tftoe who coo'm'umttld, . detailed information on population
include in the Ameriean Inman or
Alaska Native category d0!icmdi!fllS of
e~mtral and SOYth Ameri~oo IndiM!!-
perlitlfl!! who are not original people!! of
the Umted States-if Native Bawatii!fls
were not t-obe included,
!'hI:! Interageney Committee
rectlmmended that ;m Arab tlf Middle
Ealittlrn ethnie cate~ory shoYld not be
added to the minimum stlmdllftls for all
rfilp(;)ftiflgof Fedfilml data on raee and
ethnidty, Several eemments were
received in support tlf having a Ileparate
cah~gOI)' in order to have dll~ vitl.w!:ldas
necessary to monitor discriminiltioo
agaifllit this population,
Commtl.nt on terminology largely
I!YPported the Interagency t:ommUtefil's
fe~gmm(:mdatiml to retain the term
"Americ;m Indii!fl," to ~hange
"HawaUi!fl" to "Native Hawiiiii!fl," i!fld
to t;h;w~e "IUack" to "lUack or African
American." There were a few requtl!it!i
to include "Latino" in the clltegliry
n!m!e for the Hispi!nic populiltion,
D. ()MI'~ ~emQm
This seetien of the Notice provides
W(mnation on the decisiorn- taktm by
Q~ fin the reconmumaations thllt were
PfQPosed by the Interagern;y Committee,
Thi Committee's recommendatitm
addresed options for rep~g by
rtlSpt:mdefit, f"Ormat(;)f queStitlnl.!, and
several aspects of sp{lcific ciltegories,
including pO!i!iible admtio~!!. r!:l~e~
itlrmrnolQgy, and changes in defirntitm,
In reviewfrig OMB's decisiofl!! on the
recmmmmdatioM for collecting dam on
race and etMicity, it is Ywl to
reml'lmber that thllsll dlleisig~;
, r~tain the (mneept that the
I.!t{!fldardspr{lvidtl a - Stlt C;)~
cat!lggri!l f"Ortllltil tln ri!~t!mtl !lthnim.ty.
, ptlrmit the @Ueetion gf m(')f{l
sr-oUP!!providtld that any ila~iti!'mal
eatesorie ean be aggregated mto .the
minimum lItandard" lI!:ltof eategenes:
, underscore that self-"tdefltifieation is
the preferred ml'li!n!iof gbtainiP..g
information about an inmviguaI'1i race
and tlthP.ieity,ex(;tlpt in iflIitmctl where
gbefVl:!rideHtmcafum is more pral;ti~
(e,g., eompletin~ a death eertifi9!te): .
l! do identify Of dtlSiwmte (lertllfi
population srtmpSM "mmgrity
greups":
l! eennnue the poUey that the
gl!t~~gri~ l!f~ tg b~ Y~d fgr
determining the eligibility of population
58785
groups for participatign in any Fflderill
prg~:
l! do emblih cr!rerii! gr
qUillifieatiofl!! (!!ueh as blood quantum
IfWIll!i)that are to be used in
tleterm.ining a particYlar individyal'li
racial or etMic cl~ei!tign; and
'do teU an individual whe hl:! Of
she iii, or IIptlcify how an individual
should elasllifY hilMelf or hefself,
In arriving ;it its deeisio~, OMll took
into aeeeunt ntlt tlmy th!l pybUe
eemment I'm the r1!commendatiofl!!
pyblihed in the F~d~ralR@gist@f on
Iuly g, 199'7. but al!i.tlthe eo~iderable
amount of im"OrmaUtln pr-oVldl'lg during
the f{mr yem of this revh~w prgeesli,
ineluding p-yblie eomments gathered
from hearings i!fld r~pOfl!!1'l1i to two
earUer OMS Nettees (onlool'l 9, 19~4,
and !\YSUIit es, 19(5), 'The OMD
decisiorn btlnefittld ~atly frgm the
plll'ti(;ipatil'm gf the pubUe that efVtld M
a eOfl!!li!fltreHUnder that ther-e are real
p!ltlpltl HlpftlStlnttld by the ~ata tln raee
ilnd ethnicUy i!fld that this ~ for mi!fiy
a deeply pl'lrnonal i!i!iue, In addititll\, full
OMD-decisioI'l benefited from the
r-eults of the r~seilf-eh and tl'lMg gl\
hew inmvidYi:\ls idlmti(y themselves
that was oodmilktln ilIipart of this
revtew preeess. 'flti!i f~l'lareh. including
stlvllm national te!lt of a1ttlrnatin
approaehes te collecting data on race
ana tlthnicity, was d!lvtllgped and
eonduet@d by th@prof@!!wnal
!!mtistieians and imillysts at lIeveral
Flldllfal il~encie!!, 'fluly are to hll
eemmended f"Orth!lir perseverance,
d~dication, and profesional
(!Qmmitment tQ tlli!i ehalbmging prQJect,
OMD also cQfl!!idllr"tldin reaching its
deeistens the 01mmt to which the
recomm~ndi!tiofl!! were cOfl!!istt}l'ltwith
the set of principle!! (!let}Section i of
the Supplementary Information)
dllveloplld by th~ Iflteragen~y .
Committee rogmde the review of thIS
Sl'l~.itiV@and Ilybstentiv@ly eomplex
iIISY!l,OMD b@li@v~that tn!l Interegtmcy
Committee'~ r{l{;oJlUl'Um{fation!!tooK into
aeeeunt the principle!! ami achieved a
reasonable bi!lance with re!!peet to
tatiti~ issYe!I, data n@eds,stlcial
eeneems, and the pef!lonal mmefl!!ions
of racial and !lthni~ id(mtil'iMtion, OMl\
illso fmds that the Committee's
recommendatioM are etlfl!lilitent with
the principal objective of the review,
which is to tlnhi!flee thtl accuracy of the
demogmphic information eolleeted by
the Fed@fal (jflv@mment by having
Mtegofi~ for data lID ra(;@and tltMi(;ity
that will enable the tillpturl'l tlf
information abeut the increasing
mversttyof Qur Nation'!! population
wh:U~ at th~ ilm~tim~ r~p~~tinSeil~h
mdividual' dignity, I
68186
~ indicated in detail below, OMB
aeeepts thtl Inttlrogtlncy Committee's
recomIDtlndatioflS concernmg n~portmg
mor-tl than om~ race, including the
recgmmtll1datiol'l that there be 110
categgry caUtld "multiracial," thtl
ftlrmatli and sequfimemg of the qUtl~tiOM
H@waiians and other Pacific Wander
groups will no longer be gVlilrwlulbm~d
lly tn@aggI'lilgatedata of tOO much larger (in OMl} iMieeptlithe follgwing
Asian grgUps. Native lfuwaiiaM will recommeooatioflSeOnegrfling a
comprise about 60 percent of too new combined raclil and Hispanic Iilthnieity
catttggry questil:mi
TH@A1!ioo, Native Hawaiioo, ami II

on race and .Hispanle origin ..and mest
of thl'l tihanSl'ls to tl'lrmIDtl1t1g}'.
OMB dO!ll'Itlt accept the futer~ency
Committflfl'll Ncommfll'ldathmll
COI1Ctl~l'Igthtl c~~ification.of data on
thtl NauveHawauan population and tOO
hlffllinO]0ID' for Hisp<Wtis, and it hM
iflteild de<::ided to make the chilflges
thatfoUow,
OMB dees not ileC{lptthe
reeommwdation concernmg the
continYlHI dasificatitln tiCHawaiian!) in
the Asian or Pacific blandtlf cilttlgory.
All
a reult, there will be five <::ategortes in
the minimum Stlt fm' data on race,
Pacific I1!looder popYlatign groups are
well defined: moreover, there has been
@~{lfitll1ee with reporting in separate
e r the Nanvlil Hawaiian and
P del' population grgyPS, Thlil
1990 eeflSus included "Hawaiian,!'
"Sgmoan," and "Guamaman" as
rt!spofl@eat@,ories to the rilce question,
In addition,. two gf the m~or tem
mmdm:;t@das ~m't of the current rtlView
(the Ne~ and the RAE'rl') used
"Hawaiian" and/or "Nilt!v@Hawaiian,"
"~amoan," "Guamanian," ijffid
"Guamanian or Chamorrg" il feSpOrnl0 (3) O~ atieept th@ftlUgwing
I'lptiOrnito the raet! question. Thtl~e reeomm@noatiofl1! conc@rning tne
fitct!'lffacilitatt:l breaking apart tht:l retention of both rtlporting ftlrmats:
II
curr0nt eategary,
-O~
does not aeeeJlt the reeomm@ndation to
reti!in the m,ltl term "Hl1!piIDic,"

~@eaus0 rt:lgignal1Jag(l of tlre wmm

(The term "Native Hawaiian" does fmt
uwhlde individuills whg are native tg
the State gf Hilwaii by virtue gf being
born there,) In ildditifm to Nativil
HawaiiaM; (juamamaM. and ~!!ID01:lfm.
thi cat0gory would includ0 th0
fgllowing Paeiile bhmder groups
r{lported in the 191m el'lflus; Carolinian,
FiJiiln. Kesraean. Melaneian.
Mier1)rUll~iafl,North0rn Mariana
Islander, Palamm, Papua N0W Guinean,
Ponapean (Pohnptdan), Polyneian,
Sglgmon Islander, Tahitian, 'I'm'awa
blandl'lr, 'I'gkelauan, Ttlngan. Trukese
(ChuYkee), and Yapese,
The Native Hi!w!lllilrui preented
difftlrs-Hi1!pamc is commonly Y1!edin
the eastern portion of the Unittld ~tates.
wher-eM LaUng is ~gmm!'lmy Ygg in the
wtlstem partign-this tifti!nge may
contribut@ to imp~ov(ld respofl1!@rates,
Th@OMl3 eeetsiens on the
Interagency Committee's speeine
f{l~gmmtmdation are preenteg below;
(1) OMB aeeepts the following
recommendations concerning reporting
mor~ than on@race;
\I
\I
\I
(4) OM! aeeepm the foUgwmg
reeemmendanen eone~mifl.g the
ordering of the Hi1!panie origin ami raee
qyemofl;
\I
(~) OM! aeeepts the faUawm/;\
filCOmmengatign egnetlrning adtling
Cape Verdean as an tlthnie eate/;\ary;
(6) OMB aecepts the follOwing
recommlmdation cQne@ffling the
addition of an Arab or Mtddl@ Eastern
ethnie category;
(7) OM! intlilrpre~ the
r@eomm@l'!di!tiol'!not to add iIfIy gther
categafie1! to meoo the @Xf,laMiol'!af the
minimum !!e~tg indu~~ n@wpopulation
group~, The OM! deCISIOn to br-tliik
api!rt the A1!iilfler PacifIc blooder"
!!

compelling argymenbi that the ~tegQry do~ not <:reate a eategory for
standards must faciliti!te the production \I a new _population group.
gf dati! to delltiribe thtlir socii!l and (8) OM! ace@ptlithe foUowing
ecgnomie 1!ituation and tg monitor fficomrn@Ildation Cm'leef~ ehimgif!S
discrimination i!ga.ifll)tNative Hawaiians the term "AmeriCim Indian" te "Native
in hOUljing, t!du~ation, ~mploymeflt, and Amenean":
other areil, Und@f th@current standardl!
ftlr datil on raee and tlthnieity, Native

Hawaii~ (;IJmprise about thre(l pereent
tlf the Asian ana Pa~ifi~ Islander
pli}pylatign, By tJrtHltin~separate
categories, the data on the Native

(l Q) OM do~~ not aec~pt th~
recommendation eeneer the
~ontinu~d d~sifi~ilti()n _ . e
Hilwatiilll~ in the Asian gr Pacific
Islander catesory,
t fgr Federal data gfl raee and ethnicity
(Il) OMB accep~ the follQ\vin~
reclmmumdiltiomi conc~rnin.g th~ ~e gf
"Al~ka Native" inteild of "Eskimo"
ilnd HAleut": "Alaska Native" liihould
replace the term "Alaskan Niltive,"
\I
t The Al~ka Native resp0mie ()ption
liihould bg ac(;ompilnied by a request for
tribal affiliilti()n when p()ssible.
(Un OMB accepts the fgllowing
HlcomflHmdationl!l concerning the
d~ificatign af Central and South
American Indians;
t
(13) OMB aeeepts the ffJllowing
rti!cgmmfmdationl!l conti!rning thtl term
or terw tg btl ~ed for the name gf the
Black eilt~gory;
categgrie in the Hispanic origin
, mitde far teting this appffiil~h in thl}
Aecgrdingly, the Office of
Management and Budget adopts ilnd
isul'ls the revised minimum ~tandID'~
for major population groups in the
United ~tat@swhieh are set ffJrth at th~
~mJ of this Notice,
Topi~ for Further Re~eartb
There are two are~ wher-e OMB
accep~ the Int~ragemJY Committ~e':l
recomm~ndationlii but b~lievelii that
further reliiearch is needed; (1) multipltl
r~l!iponl!l~tQthe Hipani Qrigifl - review, While the tlffectl! of <:hmgtlll in
Qm~stion and 00 an ethnic category for
Arab:liMiddltl E~temers,
-Thtl Intemgency
Committee recommended thilt
repomllm~ to Federal datil~olleetiofl
:lhould be permitted to report more than
on@race, During the most recent public
comment prQ(ie~, il few eomm~n~
~ugs~~ted lhilt the ~gnc{lpt gf "marking
more than on~ box" lilhould be extemh~d
to the ltispw~ origin question.
R@spondents are now ill!ked to inmc!lle
if they are "gf Hi.!ipilnk griSin" "nt:>!
of Hi:lPilniC grigin, ., AHowlflS
indMduilllil to select more than one
rllpgn!!{lto the ethnieity questil'm
wm;!ld provide the gpportunity to
indili!lttl flthnie herU!lse th!lt is both
Hi!pw(i and Hlm-Hi:l~we,
The t!lrm "Hi.!ipani<:;'f1!f'tlrsto persons
who trace their origin gr des!;ent to
Mexico, Pytlrtg Ricg, Cuba, Central and
~tmth Ameri~<I, !lnd gth@r~piP.W:ih
cultur@, WhUe tlu~re has been
(:;onl!lidefablepublic concern aeeut the
n{led to revi@wDir-ective NQ, l~ with
re~p@~t.toel~!!ifying indMdual gf
!llixed metal heritage, then~ ~ b~en
little !;;omm@nton repgrting both 1m
Hip!lnic and a mm-Hi.!ipanic grigin, On
many Federal ffJrmlii,Hi!ipani~ can illo
eXpl'll!iliiill'!}tiial identity on a eparate
fa(i{lI)uetim'l, In the declmnial cenWl,
indMduill who !;;onsider thewelv~s
part Hispwc can illsa indicaoo
ildditignal hmita.ges in the an~etry
qu!~!ition, . Meanwhile, the write-w to the anctltry
On one hand, 1t can be argued thilt
allowing individuals to marK both
infarmaUon Qn the number of
que!ition would parallel the intrn~tign
"to mark (or ~ele~t) one or morll" r~iill
categmie, lndividuaki would ngt han
to <:hoostlbetween their paNnts' ethni<:
heritag~, and mevement toward an
in~re~ingly diverse o~iety would be
recogn~ed,
On the othlu hand, btl~tlIDi@ tn@m!!tter
gf mYltipl~ r~SpgMtlS to thtl HispaniC
ethnieity quelition wali not l'iWied in the
58787
early ph~@ of the pubUt1 (lomml'lnt
prg~I'lS!no @1q}liflitprovi:lions Wl'lr'f!
r-es@ar(ih(ionduct@d to inform the nwiew
ofDir-efltiv@Ng, 11), WhU@a
~omiid@rnbh~aInOYnt of re~ID'chw~
fgcued on how to imprgV~ the re!!ponse
rate to the Hipanifl arigin question, it
ill undflar whether ilnd to what mntmt
@xf.lU~itly ltiple r@liiponselii
to th@Hi!! uelltion would
affoot mmresponl!le to te raee Question
or hilmper gbtilining moft~ detailed dahl
on Hi.!ipanic population grgUP5,
Infflrmation on the po~ible impi:u:t of
ilny changfl on the qyality of the datil
h!l been iln tltlntial tllluutlnt gf thfl
the Hispanic origin flUfl!!llOnart\
unknewn, they CQuld eonceivably be
Ilub~tantial, Thu. OMB hill! d@eid@d
to indude a pmvi:lion in thtl stilndard!!
thf!t would fl~lit1itly permit
rellpgndents tg selflt1tboth "Hispanifl
(m~m iln d- HN
. !!
._ 0t ~.fH . F\ . "
r ljhaIDfl~~-{1m
apUof!S, OMB believes at thIS .Ii an
it~m for future rooearch, In the
mtl!!ntiIM, the an~e!itry Qu~tion on the
deeenntal eenl!lYSlong form doeli
flrovide r@sptmdt'ln~ who cOflider
thllIDselve 'part Hi~panit; to write in
addiUgnill heriti!fjflll,
During the pubUe
comment prQCIN!l, O~ ret1mved a
number of requ@~ to !ldd an flthnili
l:JilWgoryfor Arnbll/Middle EilSterner !)
thilt data eould be ebtatned that could
be ~~M in monitoring di:lmimination,
The public eomment preeess indieated,
however, thilt there w~ no agr-ooment
on il defulltion ffJr this eat The
combinml race, Hi:H~ani~ and
ance~try question m the _ , which
W~ designed t9 address r\lqu\ls~ that
wer@rfl~eived from grOUpliif'Or
lWilbli:lhing separate eatflsgrjlN!l.did m~t
provide a !!olution,
While O~ iWflepted the
Intflrag~nct Cmmnittfl~
reflommendiltion not to trtlattl 9 new
~ategory for this population woup, OMB
b!:lUflV~Sthat furth~r rflll~arldhmould be
don!:lto deoormine the btlst way to
improve dati! Qn this populatii)n gI'9UP,
qUfltion on the dtlfltlnnilll !;;{!ns~ lons "
form will eenuaue to provide
indMdulll!i who idlmtify thtlir htlritiilgtl
~ Arab or Middle E~tefner,
The H!vistld stgndard rtltilin the
flOnetlpt gf a minimum ~t of emegoriell
for Fggtlral data on F4tJtland tlthni~ity
and millw p9ible at tnfl aIntl timtl the
coUeCU9fl Of data to r~fle(jt the diversity
of our Notion', IlOPulatir SiRee the
58188. Federal Kepter I Vol, 62, No. 210 I Thursday, 'Oct1)blM' ~
If!t~mg~nc,X Ctlmmitt~@'1!
r~etlmmlmdatitln egncllming the
rnpgrtin~ of mtlril than mUl raee was
made available for publie eemment, the
fg(;Yof attenUtm ha helm IMgflly gfl
hew thll data WQuld b~ tabulgted.
Bfl(laYlillgf the eoneerns flNprll!lSlldabout
tabulatign methgd!! and gYl' ewn view gt'
tOil impgrtan(;1l of troll iUIl,OMIJ
(;ammittlld ta a(:(;1l1Ilratethe wgrk en
t.abulation tIiYIlIiwhen it t~tified in
July 1991 on the Intllrag@n(;,Y
Committee's reeemmendauena
A ~nmp of stausueal and pgliey
analyts drawn frgm the Ffldlmll
agtm~ifl!l tflgt gllmM'gt~or UllflthllSIl dlltg
has liplimt the past few months
eoflSidllrmg thll tgbulatifm Ul/iUel!,
AlthQugh thill wgrk il! Iltill in its early
sta~es, ,sgme P~IlU~ary gYid~(l1l (;ilfl
bQ SftMfld gt tlm ume, mgflnllral, OM!
bllUIWflSthgt, l'loflsistent with eriterig fgr
eonfidlmtiality and datgquality, th~
tabulanen proeedYl'~s USlld by the
aglln~ills stiml1d rllsult in the preduenen
gf a:! mueh dlltailed infgrmatiQn en raee
ami ~thnieity a pgsllibl~,
GmdllUnlls for tabulation ultimately
mmlt meet the needs of at least two
grgupll within thll Flldlmll Govllrnmllnt,
with th~ OVllrridinll obj~ctiVtl gf
providm~ the most aceYl'atlland
infgrmative bgdy gf data, 'fh@ first group
is eg~pos@d of, tho~~ gove~,tmt
OffiCl{\}S!;har~~d with c~n~ out
I':ofllltitutional and legislatiy~ mandate~.
such a:! rI~dilltrlc:Un~Itlgilllaturfils,
~nfgremg civU rights lawlj, and
morntoriflg prl'lgr-ess ill anti-
dilll':riminatioll programs, (Thtl , below,
legislative re<mtri(;tmg filfl pmdUCflQ by
the Bureau gf the Ceftllys, !lIso known as
the PubUe Law 94-111 fil.ll, i an
flXampl@gf a file meeti~ su(;h
le~islative f1elldll,)The seel'lnd ~roup
eonmsts of the staff of statisticiil
ag@nd~1jproducmg and analyzing data
tfiat 1lftlused to monitor tleml0mlc amI
social conditions and trllnds,
Mimy of thfl needs gf the first gnmp
~Il bl:!met with anlnitial tabulatten
that pr-gvidlls, eOfllliwnt with standards
fgr oata QY{\}Uyand (;gnfldtlntii!Uty, the
full d~tail of raeial reporting: that is, th~
numbtlr I'lfptlople reporting in @ach
singl~ raee ootllgm'y and thfl number
r@pgrnns eaeh gf the possibl~
eombinatioftll of raees, which would add
ta rh~ tgtal population, Dlllp!mding an
the judgment of users. th@(:gmbiflatigns
of multiple feSpgnS~s eould be
(;gllgpsfld, Onll mflthgd would b~ to
pr-gvidtl s~parate total!! fgr those
reporting in the most eommon multiple
race cqmomathmll and tl'l cgUaplltl the
data fgr other less frilqyently rtl~orttld
(lombmations. Thfl spe(lift(ls gf the
c:gUapsfld distrilmtigm must await thll
rllsults ofparticulM data coll~etions. A
s~(l(md method would btl to r~port the
tgtal stllflcti ng eiich particular rIC@,
whllther ahme gr m egmbination with
oth@r raees, The~e totals would
rlilprlilsefltYppllr bgynd gn thll siZIl gf
the populatioftll who identifi~d with
e~dl of the raetal ~ategorie~, In seme
eases, this latter mllthod could be used
fQr comparin{f data collllcted undllr the
old stmdMds with data colleded under
the new standards. It is important that
Y~llrswith the same gr dOllely related
r~sponsibUiti~ adopt the Ijame
tabiilatten method. RtlgMdle~ of the
mlltft!}d eholJen for collapsing multiplll
ra~e r~SpOfl,ll~S,the tgt{\}'number
r~portiflg more than one race must be
made availabw, if confidentiality and
data quality requirements can be met, In
grdtw tg Ilnsurll that GOy chanStls in
respense patterns resultins from the
new IltandarWi (;an bll monitored oVllr
time,
M~eting the needs gf tflesetmnd
group (thgSIl producing and analyging
.lltatilitieal data to morntgr eecnenne and
seeial conditiorni and trllnds), i!. well a
sgme additional needs gfthe first grOYP,
may requue different tabulatign
prgt;IMiYl'lls,More reseM~h must bll
eompleted befgre ~idelmes that will
meet the reqYir@mtlnts of these Yl!el's ean
be developed, A grgup gf stanstteal and
pgUey experts win review a number gf
alternative procedure!! and prgvide
rllegmmendations to OMB conellrnjn~
these tabulation filquirflments by Sprms
H198, Foyr of the area:! in whidl furthllr
exploratit}fl is needed are autlined
l);qual tlmplg,YImmt !}pportunity and
other anti-dis~riminatign prograIrui have
traditionally provided the numbers gf
people in the pgpulation by Ileleeted
eOMaettlfOOleS, meluding racial
eategorifls, for bustness, i!eadllmie, and
sgvemmeflt grgarnzatigM tg use in
~valuaUng conformance with pro~
objeetives, Beeause of the potentially
IMStl number ef ~ate~gries that may
fesrnt frgm applieatign gf the flew
I!tafIdMdlJ, many with nry 5mi!ll
num!:ler~, 1t Ui not cleM how thtll fleed
for data will be best satisfied in the
future,
The numbers gf people in di5tmct
groups baslld on d0ctmnial ctmsus
results arll Ylied in dlw~loping liampl~
dll!l~f\s and survey controls fur majgr
6tlmographic surveys, For example. the
National Health Intllrview Survey uses
C@fIIlUS datil to incr~a:!e ample.ll tgr
ellrtmn population gr-gups, atljust for
survey mm~rellpons~, and prgvide
weights for tlStimaUng health oytcomes
Ilt the fl1!tign{\}levd, Thtl impac;;t of
hilvirt.s d1!tilfgr mlmy 5mall population
WOUpliwith mYltipltl riltJial h\'lfitag~1j
mYlit bIl Qxplored.
1997 I Notices
Vital !ltatiti~ data mcludQ birth
and death mte5 for V!II'igY5pgpyliltion
groupll. Typioolly full numllrator
(number of birthS or dlllaths) is derived
fmm ildmiftistratiY@ reeords, while thll
dllnominatgr comes from mtercllnliid
~gpUlatigrl estimates, Birth eerttfi(lgte
data en raee Mil likely tg have been self
flllmrtlld by thll mother, Over ttme, these
data may beeeme eomparable to data
cgUecteg Yflder the m~w standardli,
Death cflrtifteatl~ dgta, howllvef,
wllQmmtly are filled out by an obllerv0f,
such as a mortician, physician, gr
fym~ral difectgr. Theile data, particularly
' fo}'the population with multiple raetal
heritagtl!l. are likely to be Quite diff'llreflt
worn thll information obtain0d when
r~pondents repgrt abcmt tneml!elves,
Relltl1:lfchto define eg:mp1:lfablfl
eateggl'ies to be used in both TlUfflllratQrl!
and denmnmators Ui needed to assurll
that vital statisties are i!. aeeYl'ate and
YI!~M as pgsaible,
Mote generally, litatilltieal
indieators are oft~n used to measure
(lhange over tim~, ProoedYf~ that will
permit mllaningful cgmpwons gf QiHa
oll{!etlld Yflder the previo..YS standards
with th9SIl that will 00 eelleeted undllr
thil new standards m~ed to be
deV0lgp{!d,
The methodglgtQ' fgr tg!:lylilUng data
on riiC{land 0thnieI{Y must bll carefully
d~veloplld and egorginawd amoog the
statilltieal ilgeneies and gther Federal
data Yefll, MOfegV@f,just ilS OMB'~
review and {h~ei5ion proce!l5tlll have
bel'l0fited duoog the pg~t foul' years
from extenalve pubUcparticipation, we
(l~Il(;t to diseYs tabulatign meth(lds
with di!ta Yllers within and outside thll
Flilderal (igVeff!mflftt, OM Ilxpeet to
isue additional ~idimell with resp0et
to tabulating data on race and ethnieity
by Fillll@98,
SidJy Kit~tn,
StiIDdilfd8 for MilinttlininS! (iollt\ltina,
iIDd 'r~~~nting Jl'@Mrm Dilttl on R3\l@
and E1hntcUy
Thi~ dilllitlcatign providtlli a
minimum Iltandard f'Ormamtaining,
(;(llleeting, and presl1mting data Oft race
and ethnieity for all Fooei'al repgrtins
purPQ5e5, The at~soriell m tIlill
el~tfication are sooi{\}-pglitieal
eOfllltfYets and sbould not b~ mterprllted
as being sCientifie oranthrgpglogtcill in
flaMe. They MI:lnot to Oil YSl:ldall
det0rmmantl! gf eligibility fgr
pilrticipaUgft m any Federal program,
The standards have Olltlfldtlveloped tg
pmvidll a CQffiffi(lnlangyage f'(lr
\mjformUy ami egmpafilbility in thll
cglhwtitm ;md Y1l@f data Ofl faee ami
etlmieity by Federal agllncies,

The stmdards have five catl}gories for
data on ral'll};Ameril'jafl Indian or Alaska
Nauve, Asim. Blad\ or Airil'lan
Americm, Native Hawanan or Other
Pa(;lflclslmder, md White, Thenl are
twg catllgtlrills fi'lr data on ethnieity;
"Hispmie or Latino," md "Not
HispMlil'l or Latino,"
The minimum cateGories f'9r data on
rnl'le and ethrnl'lity for Federal statities,
program a~trative reportin{l, and
(;ivU riahts eompUmce reportins Mil
deLmeg M follows;
A tlUmicity, Whtln rnce and etnrncUyarQ
p-lll'lmfth~vm~ rni~iWl in !!flYgf thll @li~ifml
Pllgplllll gfNgrth md ~g"th Amllrj~
(indY(U!'l~Cllntrlll Amerla), md whg
matntains tflbalaffiliatiofl er egmmYIlity
atiatoimwnt,
1\ pefgn having migID ill my gf
full gri~md pegpllJ1j gf the Fill' mt 1llgythllMt
/\Ilia, gr the lmlim IlYDggnOOIlp.tindydiflg,
fl:lf ll~ampltl, Cambgma. China, India, Japan.
KfJf1lll.Malaysia, FlIltistm, tm PhUippme
flllmds, Thailand, and. Vietnam,
A pefgn
having rnif\im in iIP.y gf the bla~ l'9l:lilll
W,:gYflgf Amll, 'fllrmtl sueh 9 "Haitian" gr
"Negl'g" I:l!\flbe Yed in addHign t{l "Black {II'
Mil:lafl Amllri(llID, "
1\ per{lfIgf Cubm, -Hispanic oy Latino
Mllm(llID, PUllrtg Ril:lan, CYban, ~gyth or
Cllntrlll Amllmm, or Othllf ~fll!flWlcmtmll
{If QrijJin, f1l/;l1lfdllJ1j
of l'91l11,The t1lfm,
::~I?an~ grl,'t,': I:l~ OilYlld in 1ldditign to
Hll!p!lml:l gl' __ nne,
1\ pllffi(!n hlIvinjJ gri~ in any gf thll original
PllgpllJ1jgf Hawaii. GYiIID, SilmQi!, Qf gthllr
P~mll flllm~.
A pefQ!'\ havin~ gri~ in m}' gf
the orl@nill peQ}}lllgfEwQpe, the M!dtUe
EMt, or NIJrih AfriQg,
R(lllptmdents shall be off-erild the
option of ~l@<:;tint1 gn@gy nUIY@ra<:;ial
designatim}, R@commend@d forms fgy
fu@wtruetiM ae@mpmyin-fJ the
mYltipl@ r(lSp,gfl@!)u@$.tifJnartl "Mark
gntl gr mf}ril ' !IDd "~tlle(lt gm~gr mgre, "
Th@tamlard pr-gvid@twe f'grmat
that may be Y@df'gf data on raw and
@tlmieity, Self'f'tlpomng f}Yslllf~
id@ntifieatil:m uin-tI two Ilparat@
qUl!lstil'lfli:I thtl prl!lf(und mtlthgd for
cigU@ctingdata gn fae@md @tlmicity, ill
simatifJm wh@re self'fepgrting i net
practicable gr f@Mibl@,the I:lombintld
fgrmat may be Yed,
In ng ~@ shall the ~fgviign gf thtl
tandards btl (;Qmtru~d tfJ limit thtl
<:;ou@e[gnOfdatatOthecateggries
dtlseri tld ilbgve, Thtl eoll@ction gf
sr~attl dtltail.is tmcouragtld; howtlvtlr,
any co ltlction thilt uses more dtltail
1ihaU b grlil~tld in 1iu!Jh 11way milt
the addith;mal eat(lgortes em be
aggr~gated into these minimum
categories for data on raee and @UmiClty,
With respect to tabYlatitm, thg
pme@dure us@d by Ftldtlrnl agllnci@s
shaU rtlsYlt in the production of as
much dtltaUtld information Qn filCtl and
ethnieity as possible, However, F@deral
agtlnl:lie shell not pnlStmt data on
tffitail@d t:at@g(')fi(ls'if doing so would
compromis@ Clata qwility or
emmdtlntiatity standM.gs,
a, Two-Question F{H'mat
To pmvide fltl<1dbility lmd @ftYfll dilta
qyaUty, !!tlparnte !)YestiOfl shall be us@d
wheNver f-easible for f~pOrting yace md
collected separately, etlmieity ShilU btl
collected fift, If race md tltlmieity are
eelleered ~@pID'i!ttlly,thtl minimum
d@liisnatiom Mil:
-Am(lri~an illman or AlMka Niltivtl
-Aliian
-Wa(;k or African American
-Native Hawattan 91'Oth(lr Paeific
Island@r
-White
-NofHUlf:}mic 91'Latino
When ~i~lta(:Inrnc~ and ethnicity arg
coll@ct@dIi@parl.lt@ly,prg~i(:ln hall be
made to report the number 9f
respondents in eaeh raetal category who
M@Hispanic or Ytino,
When asgregate data 1lf~presented.
dilm pnlducers shall prOVIde the
number of rtlspondtlftts who marktld (or information eelleeuen dearanee
Ijelected) only Me category. Ileparately
f'9r each gf the five rn(;ial categ(')fiell, In shall be made to OM}l,
addition to these number!!, dati!
produc@rll artllltr encQYfilged tQ
pmvid@ the detaile _tfi\}utions,
including all possible eombinations, of
multiple respenses to th(l rilce qYem(m,
If data on mYltiple rellponsell are
collapsed. at a minimum th(l total
nmnbel' of Y(lSpgndIHlt r-eportiP-tI t!mQY(l Agencift thilt cannot follow these
than (me ra(;e'; hall be madtl avaUabltl,
b, CQmbined Format
The combin@d fgrmilt may btl used, if YtllonabJefor the primary fepgrter to
n@c@ssary.for obli@rver-(;olleet@d data on dt}ttmf!ine rncial or ethrne bilckgrmmd
yac@and" ellmicUy, Both yact: (induding
multiple respcmses) and etlmicity shall
be collected willm apprgpriilte and
f'Mible, althoygh the seleetion of ene
category in tlw combinoo format is
ac(;@ptable, If a c,omb~~d format is ,
used, there artl sm mlfYIDYffi categorIes;
-Ameriem mman Of Alaskil Niltive
-Asian
-RlilCk or Afriean American
-Hispanic or Latino
-Ni!tlY~ Hilwiliiim 9r Oth~r Pi!~ifi~
lfilander
51111
" -White
When ilggregate data Mil f)rillienttld,
datil pr-gdUetlf llilU pr-ovid(l the
numg@!' of r-espcmdents who marked (or
s@ltlcteti..)only om~ category, sepMately
(gr each gf tne six ci!wgories, ill addiUgn
to thfte numbers, data produeeys are
trlmgly eneoura~ed to providtl thtl
d@taiIe(:lmstribytiorol, indudm~ iill
possible eombinatiorol. of multiple
r@$.pOO{lS, In eaft where data gn
mYltiple r@SPQnseliMil I'lollaped. the
tetal numb@Yof f~pond(mts Y@PQrting
"Htspame or Latino and one or mere
rat'es" arn:l the tgtal nYffib1lr gf
r-espondents reporting "more than ooe
raee" (r-egardle.S gf eUmidty) MijU be
pfovid@d.
The minimum stmmrd categgl'ies
Shilll be Yed f'gf ropmtiflg M f'gllgw;
i!. ~tatiti~ Repo!'1ing
These moodar-tb shall be used at a
minimum fgr all federnlly sponsor-ed
tamti~ data (;gllectigr~ that taelude
data on rac@and/or edmieity, tmC@pt
when the egUeeoon involve a smple
of syeh m@ that the data on the maller
(iiltegoritls weuld btl Ynf@Uabhl, OYwhen
thll coUection tlffort fOeYe5 gn a
speeifie rneiill or ethmc gnmp. Any
other variation will have to 00
spffifi~ly ayUmmed by the Offiee of
Mmilgemtmt and Bytiget (OMB) thrgugh
the informiloon collection clearaneQ
process, m those eases where the data
collection is not subject to the
flmc~. a direct rtlquftSt f'Ora vananee
g, General Program Adfl'!.initrativtl and
Grant Reporting
ThQSe standarWl mall be used for all
Federal administriltive r-eporting or
record keepmg feqYirtlmtlnts that
indutW dilta en raee ami @Umietty,
stilftdards must ftlqmlSt a variiillCtl fr-om
OM!, Varilmtes will 00 (i!IDjdered if
thtl agem;y can demomtrnte that it is ngt
in te~ of,the fJec~ed catego.ries, that
determmation of rnetal or ethnte
bi!l'lkgrgynd is m~teritieal to the
administfiltWn Qf tml p!,QgI'am in
questiM, or that thtl specific prggram is
dir@eted if) only om~ Of a limitfld number
of faciill or fltlmie grOUP!!,
e, Civil Rights md Other CQmpUance
JWportiIl{l
These litandM-tis shall be used by all
F~geml ilg~nei~ in @ltb~rthe sepgrate
or combined fi'lrmat f'Or civil rigHts and
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Qther eQmp!iilnee repfWting frQm the
pyglie and privilte etitm' and illll(lni
of gQv(lrnmimt Any vMiaUml r~qYiring
l~!l detailed data Of data whi<,;h <';OOflot
be a/iWegat~d intQ the bl!i~ (;ategllries
IDY!ltbe !lp@eifieaUy apprQv@d by OM~
for ex-ecutiV(l ag@ncie!l.Mere detailed
f-eporting whi<';flean be aggregated te the
game eiltegories may b(l Y!led at th@
i1geneies' diAieretiQn,
DiAiplays gf tatiAiticill, a~tmtive,
and egmplianee datil on race ilnd
ethnieity shall use the categories lited
abeve, The term Hngnwhite" iAingt
a<,;eeptable for Y!l{lin the prestmtatitln Qf
Federal (JQvemment data, It shill! net be
Y!ltldin any publication Qf in the text of
aay repert,
In eases wher'tl the standard categgri~
M'!!cQmidtlfed inappropriattl {-or ~
pre!lentation of data on particular
pffigl'~S or for parti<,;ular regil:n!al
aftlas. the spgmg~g ~?enti~ may ~ei
a, The desilVl!ltiJn!s . BliuL or African
Nntlriean and Oth@r ~es" gr "All
Other Races" as eelleetive dtlscriptiQrnJ
of mingrit}' races when the most
summary aiAitim;Uml betwtlen thtl
mi\ioritY' and mingrity ra<,;esiAi
apPr.g~-late: ~ toUe!v~ destriptign,
- b,
. _ e deslgnatiOft
.." 'White, .. ""B_alL
1 k
or Mi~ Amenean," and "AU Othtlr
Races" when the distinction an:!(ms the
mi!jQfity race. the prineipill minority
Hlee. and other m(;es iAiappropriate: or
e. The designation of a parti<,;IDar
minority raee or raees. ana the ineIY!lion
of "Whit@" with "AU Other Rilties"
when ~meh a collective d@cription iAi
appropriate,
In displaying detailed information
thilt represen~ iI (;ombiniltign of rile
and ethnicUy. the descriptign of the
data being d1l!play~d shiill ch!arly
inditattl that both bases of elllMification
are bemg used.
When the primary feeus of a report is
on two or more spet)ific ithmtifiable
groups in the population, gne or more
of which ls raetal Of ethnic, it is
iI(;eptabltl to dtsplilY datil for tlah of
the partitIDar gl'fmpssepilrately 1!ftdto
describe data relating to th!il fMliliftder
of thtl population by an appropriate
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The proviAiiom gf these st1!ftdards are
eff(lttive immediately f-orall and
Hll,'lordkeeping gr rilpgrtil1g
reqyiremenfs that include raciiY and/or
ethnic infgrm!!tion. AU fI~con!
keepin-tl or reporting requirements shill!
be made cllmistent with these standards
at the time they iU'e ~ybmitted for
e~tension, or riot later than January 1,
~OO~,
WR noe. {)'H~8f!1}~Fillld lIH~!t-If1i B;4a am]
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~: UNITED STATES
OFFICE -OF .PERSONliEL ~LWAGEME.:\'T
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OFfiCE Of nIP. lllaEM'OR
WASIIINGTO:ol, D('

AUG 3 0 2005
2otl.;100tl

MEMORA!\::ll>IJM FOR (11il1EF HUMAN C~il'1TALfj)FPJ.CERS

:F:ItGNI: LfNI))AM.~':f)JUl>.IG:ER ~
J)fRECJ'GR -. _ i/: /' .
Snbjeer: R,e"iSiom to E~htiiIi~' and Race Reporting io 'the
Central 'f'.ersmmel nata f'ile

The-Office uf'Maru!gcment JIm! BII4z.et:~m .m)Tll\iEed :i.t55=dard5 for the Classificarion

of Federal Daiaon Race.and ihlllici1y in '1997. Because nf Ibis revision.the method by
"'hid, erhnicity and 'fllJ:l: 'infarmanon is repoacd to zhe Office of Perscnnel Managemern
(OPM) .and{he Cerural Personnel Data :Fi let(CPDF) bas :hem modified.

For accessions occurring on or .alivrlammry 1.2006. rue .new Standard Form (SF) 1'81
Ethnicity and Race Ide11ltj]ccaiol/ ,(ilaWd J.uJ>;-!O(5) '\\,jJJ he the governmem-widc standard
Jar reporting ethniciry and race infurnu!tint'l. The new form is attached to this
memor.andum und cao'herlo:wrrlJ!>adtld from hum:N.",,,,,, .opm.2o\,'[ornls when.available,
From the above dale .onward, nhe cild:SF 1.1 (dlru:il'!\!ay 19&2)will '00 Icnger he
acceptable er stocked ~y:the .Gener.al Sen'ic.es .Mmiri'slxatio.n (GA). OPIII1Form 1-168
Eihnicitv <m,1;'R,we .ld.OO:tijf'J:lt.i@U (damd May 119112ror use in Hawaiij "'ill bJOdiscnruinued.
OPM form I 3Fi.6.BAppiic(mr.'iJ,{/.ce,,,,IC/ N,,{ioll(d Origin Q,w5.1iomUlirewili also berevised
.acoordingto fhese .new llllIudar.d&. ,CWMFarm :136:8. when availab le.l:lln he do wnlaadad
.fr.0Jl.l 'I1ttp.:iA.\ww.,oprn,<JVArQnTh~. FurtiJe.rill!ltru.clmns an it" .nse w.ill be sent to .agencies
\\:hen it is revised .. Agencies wi:!l be expected to :bejjin reponing (he new format no later
than 'the June 2006 .data ;;tlbrtiiwi.on.

In thepast, Jace,Ilru.I.elhnidWinfcclr['laiionihail:becu ..coHeaed from only one.qnesiie an SF

18.1.ak.ingIll" .employv.c 10select the Jii'I!!li.eiracc/eihlliciry category ."itb\\ihidl he .o.rsite
rnost closely identifies. '[be re\:lse~ SF 18:1 (attached) .employs a rwo-question format: ( I )
the first questien askswherher or .oor.Uhc employee .is.of LatrnoH ispanic Dllmicity: and
regardless .ofihe \CSPoC>&e '(cnhe :firsl"IUt.'SIipn,1(1)'111\;: second question asks the employee
to mark an "X" neXHOJmy,.ofthe 'fh:egivl:!.R:t:lICCJ:Jltcg.orieslhat.app!:'.

'f'kaRc:be .aware thanthe new quesiion formal has. lin turn. led to a new codmg sequence 'to
he msed in reporting tliii; mformauon to O!"M and ('PDT. For-specifics. please view the
revised seciicn .00.race .and ethnicity-in Ole Guideso PersonnelData Sumdards. which is
3.\:ailah!t: alllttp:!.'~yw.a[lm..go":rf.e.ddilt';.g\1idancc.llSp. Tile most sigm ficarn changes are
(he creation of .separate caiegories ii:u":Asiari" .and "'Nafu:c Hawaiian and Other Pacific

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Islander" (creatiag a Ie-lei IDfdmail ;nol !ll'vJiilable '"ifuin ihe :PI:f\ll.oIl5 - Asian or .Pariific
Islander" :ClIIllgQI"~ and the :requirtmUlIll ahat;agcnc.icsallow emproym:s the npporumuy to
identify ,\\'ith any rombinafu:m of,r.= Ii!:lfld .GO~hc 'SF 1!l1 .

Old II=anili national 'orii.2ii:n {1R.~!})c.0il~are :nol ,beingaenm natcd. HOlVt.Wt:J:, tlley should
,omty'be used Jor :emp\!iJyet.'S 'a~\llriintedlID yflllr ,a:gcuc'y:prior io January 1,2006. There .is no
'OPNI 'r.eql'lir.emnntlo 'F.~'!iI.ll'\'C'yuu;I:em:,e~ .. Agflnriies 'ffia.Y''''i:ill to resnrveyin order
to '(11'''''''.& cPDSi!lJmt .elbriiriity .and;r.8Cf!<IiaUt far:thriir unemalpurposesas well as for
rcponmg ao OPM :ihro~h r:rnF rand :Entel}lrise Human iR.eso.ur.ccs Integration (EHRI.)

Any questions ,Qf.COIlCtllIH> ~bl!ll!t iihe:re\'i'Btldl,p1oIicys.M.lI.ld:he .d'rm:!el110 DII\id Anderson,

D.qp.uty A$ocfutlc :J)ireclllt:, iCtltlll:Jr Jill' H~lman 'Rt$llllIt= Systems Requimrnellts .and
'S.I!:llle..gies. He can 'b.e Iwllihed 'bY'l'ihrme :ali(lW2) ,606-2103 nr .by email :at
.<Javid.lloilewm@opm,gov.

lihank )IOU iu.advance .foryotlriimme.i!iate.atllll:ffiion lOihis rllJ!lottinz change. it 15vital :lhnt

we ensure .athnioity and 1I11CC.data Nnw SF ~1!1,r.opOl1iing Il5bothvalid .and ,1lC,CUJ:ate. .as ibe
resnlting .div!:I'!;ity'inif0l'tnatirul :i mwil i!1iliIDmrn.lm and plan jlilH"ftuU cmp.loynlent
,opp.illl:iunity ihro.ugbmrt!im, f.edet:al :~II'lJ)nIlIDt'll.

Attachment

DC: iH.uman Resources Dimc.t(!ll'

Human Resources SystI':rm; Thireolars

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