RD Instruction 1900-A

PART 1900 - General

SUBPART A - RACE CLASSIFICATION AND CODING PROCEDURE


§ 1900.1 Purpose.

This Instruction is in accordance with the quidelines of the Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 for data information collection.  The Office of 
Management and Budget outlines the procedures for identifying and reporting 
the race and ethnic group classification of individual applicants, borrowers, 
and families that will be served by Rural Development programs.

§ 1900.2 Race-/Ethnic Classification.

All requests for race or ethnic information, other than those requested on 
approved Rural Development forms, must be cleared with the Civil Rights Staff 
and Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Support Services Division.  
If the request for race and ethnic information is not provided voluntarily, a 
visual observation or surname may be used to identify this information. Also, 
this information must not be obtained by questioning the applicants, 
borrowers, or members of families served through associations, organizations, 
and cooperatives.  These five race and two ethnic group categories will be 
used for reporting based on the race ethnicity of the applicant, borrower, or 
head of the family:

Code  	ETHNIC GROUP     			Description

A			Hispanic or Latino		A person of Mexican,
Puerto Rican, Cuban
Central or South
American or other
Spanish Culture or
origin, regardless of
race.  The term ASpanish Origin@
can be used in addition to
Hispanic or Latino.

B			Not Hispanic or Latino





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RD Instruction 1900-A
§ 1900.2  (Cont.)


Code		RACE					Description

1		American Indian or		A person having origins
		Alaska Native			in any of the original
							peoples of North and South
							America, (including Central
							America) and who maintains
							tribal affiliation or community
							attachment.

2		Asian					A person having origins
							in any of the original
							peoples of the Far East,
							Southeast Asia, or the Indian
							Subcontinent including, for
							example, Cambodia, China, India,
							Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
							the Philippine Islands, Thailand,
							and Vietnam.

3		Black or African			A person having origins
		American				in any of the black
							racial groups of Africa.  Terms
							such as AHaitian@ or "Negro@ can be
							used in addition to Black or
							African American.

4   		Native Hawaiian or		A person having origins in any of
      Other Pacific Islander		the original peoples of Hawaii,
							Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific
							Islands.

5		White					A person having origins 
							in any of the original
							people of Europe,
							the Middle East, or North American.


§ 1900.3 - 1900.50 [Reserved]



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