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INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM ( 1 Page

H. RES.

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i3th Amendment with 20 Sections of Constitution of the United States of America; ratified
November 18, 1856 by "hof the several states ( 2 Pages )

S. Con. Res.26 ( Pages 6

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^Urgent^

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Guide to Personnel Data Standards

ETHNICITY AND RAGE IDENTIFICATION

(Please read the Privacy Act Statement and instructions before completing form.)

Name (Last, First, Middle lnitial)

Social Security Number

SPENCER, DOMINIQUE,E. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

RADACTED

Birthdate (Month and Year)

06/1987

Agency Use Only

Privacy Act Statement

Ethnicity and race information is requested under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e-16 and in compliance with
the Office of Management and Budget's 1997 Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity. Providing this information is voluntary and has no impact on your employment status, but in the instance
of mrssing information, your employing agency will attempt to identify your race and ethnicity by visual observation.

This information is used as necess,?ry to plan for equal employment opportunity throughout the Federal government. lt
is also used by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management or employing agency maintaining the records to locate
individuals for personnel research or survey response and in the production of summary descriptive statistics and
analytical studies in support of the function for which the records are collected and maintained, or for related workforce
studies.

Social Security Number (SSN) is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397, which requires SSN be used
for the purpose of uniform, orderly administration of personnel records. Providing this information is voluntary and failure
to do so will have no effect on your employment status. lf SSN is not provided, however, other agency sources may be
used to obtain it.
Specific lnstructions: The two questions below are designed to identify your ethnicity and race. Regardless of your answer to
question 1, go to question 2.
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1. Are You Hispanic or Latino?

(A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other

Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.)

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DEFINITION OF CATEGORY

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

tl Asian

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast
Asia, or the lndian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine lslands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Black or African American

A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific lslander

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or
other Pacific lslands.

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A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or
North Africa.
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DEFINITIONS FOR NEW RACE AND ETHNICITY CATECORIES
Rac*lethn icity (new defi n itio n)
Categories davebped in 1997 by the Otrrr of Management and Budget (OMB) that are used lo descrDe groups to which individuals belong, identify with, or
bebng h the er.es of tfie annmunity. The @tegories do nat denate *ientific defuilions of anthropologial origins. The desonaliilts are u*d to ategorae
U. S. cfizens, refient a$ens, and other el$ibh non-cftrefis. lndividuaE are askild fo ffsf des8 ate ethniry as:

Hispanic ar Latino or
Not Hispanic or Latino
Second, indivk uals arc asl<6d to indi@te one ar rnore (a@s that apply among the followhg:

American lndian or Alaska Native

Asian
Blac* or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacifrc lslander

Wite
Hbpanic or Latino
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ne

American lndian or Alaska Native

A person having origins in any of the oiginal peoples of Nortfi and South America (including Cental Amefica) who mainbins culturcl
identification hrough tribal afrliation or communily albchment.
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peoplesoftfle FarEast, SoufireasfAsia,orthelndianSubunlinen\including,for

example, Cambodia, China,lndia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakisbn,the Philippine /s/ands, Thailand, andVietnam.

Black or African American

A person having oigins in any of the black ncial groups of Africa

l,lative Hawallan or Other Pacific lslander
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e p.rson who is nat a citizen or national of the Unifed States a nd who is in this counw on a visa or temponry basis and does not have
places provided, ratfierthan in any af the
ime igntto remain indeftnitely.I\lote: A/onresident aliens are to be rcported sepantely in the
racialbthnic catbgon'es described above.

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Refuiee, Secfon ZO8 Asytee, Conditional Entant Parolee or Cuban-Haitian). Note: Residentaliens are to be repofied in the

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is set: libertv aud justice f'or all.";
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and irfnstices cannot orase thc past, but confession of
the wrongs committerd carr speed racrial healing artd reconciliation ancl help Americans confront the girosts of
their past;

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JOUR$AL OF ?HE SH\:A?E.

311

Pending debate,
announcecl tirat the ntot'uing houl iiacl ex1:ired, and called
for consideration the unfinished businc'ss of the Sonete of ycsterdavl nnrl
up
-The
Senate resunredtlrc consldclation of tlte joint resolution (>. I6) proposing emendments to the Constitutiun 0f the llrrited Statcs; aud,
Onltre questio*, lYill the Setiatc concur iu tlc lr,ureltli:rclt rnacle to ttre
joint rcsolution in Cornrnittec of thc lYhole ?
. After dcbate,
On motion by r1[r. Sanlsbuly t<; airte nd tbc antcndment rntcle in Conrurittee
o{ the lVhole, by otrikilg rut thc rvorcls "Article xiii, sectiou 1- }{eitlicr
slavery nor inyoluntaly servit,uele, cxcept irs a punishmcnt fol crime, w,hcreof
the pait.yshall have bce n duly convicted, shall cxist rvithi* the United States,
or ury plrcc suirject to tlrcir jurisdiction. Section 2. Cougi'css shall L&r,c
powel to cnfoi'ce this articlc by a,ppropri*te legislntioul" &itd insclting, in
licu thcreofl the ft:llorving:

the President

Antrcrr IIII.
Sr,;rrox 1. "l1i persoils shall hsve thc light 1ir:accably tri ;rsscrnljl* and
rvorship God accol'ding to thc clictatcs of" tircir o\vl1 eon$oicncc.
Snc.2. 'Ihe use of the public lrress slrall uot bc ulist,r'iicterl; buL criminal
publications mailc in one Stntr: against thr-- lawt'ul iristiiuli,.;us of ir::othel

State sliall xot bc ailorvcci.

Src. 3. Tiic rigirl of citizcns to frce and ]arrful spcccl iu liLrlrlic &ssornlrlics shali not bc dcric.d. Accr:ss of' citizcns io thc bnlltit-licr -q]rali not l-to
obstructc{ citirer Ly civil ol' nrilitary pcwcr" Thc rnilital'.r shall *.llrays lic
sul.lordin:itc tii thc exisling judicial authority over citizctLs. Thc priviicgc
of tlrc rvlib of ltabeas co?"pa:t slrall r:errcr bc suspe rrrlerl iri the 1>l'osencc cf thc
juclicirl authority.
Scc. .*. llhe rnililir of :r Statc o:' r'f thc tTuited Statcs si.rell r:st i:e el:rploycd to inyaric tirc lnrvlirl rigiils of tl:e pcoplc of aily of tbc screral
Stir,l,ns; irnt thc lIr:itcil Slates slrall not be hcrcb;. dc1>.-ivc{ of tire right and
Iro\+rer to delcrrd arrl tirofer:t iLs propcrt.l' ancl rig[is rvithiri tlrc iirnitsof any
of thc States.
$nc. 5. Perstins ]rcld to $et'r,icc or lalor lbr lil'r:, iri *ly $tate uurier tlrc
lnws ttrcrc<.rf, rnrLr:, bt' talir:u ilt<; an.y I'el'ritur"y oi' tlrc L'inited St*tcs south of
lrortl'r lutitr:clc 3(ic .30', arrtl tho liq'ht trr sncir scryicc ol Iabcl sl:*ll not bc
impaired il:elcby, ariil tLc 'l'elritolilrl lcgislaturc tlrclr.of sirrrll hlre tlre exclusivc right to mrlic *lrd slrall nralic all rroetlful r'r-rlcs *ricl rcgulations for
tlie plotection of sLrch right, *rrLl also J'or tLe 1:rotcctiotr oi' su*h personsl
but Congress or ariy Tcrritorirrl lcgislrlture slrali not Lalc porvcl to il:p:li'or abolish such riglrt o{' scrvicc irr tlrtr sr,i,-l Tcn'itory u,lrilc in rr Tclritoritl
condititin rvith<>ut tlc couscrrt of :rll tle Stltcs south of seid ittitudewhich
rnaintoin strch selvice.
$rc. S. hrvr,lulrtar*y scrvitudc, cxcept fi>r cri:uc, slrlll l,,t be pctrn*ncrrtly
cst*blislrcrl witiritr thc District sct lrp:rlt li'lr the scat of lcli'clilulcnt of the
lititcd Statcs; but tlre right of srrjoirrn in .snch Dislliet witb pcrst,r:s ireld
to sclvicc or' !cbor for !ilc slrtll rrot lrc dcnictl.
Suc. ?, tr1rlcn any'fcrritory o1'the Liriitctl Stntcs soutir of north latiiudc
36" 30' *lrall havc o poptrlation cqual to tlc ratio of reprcscntation for oue
rrembcr of Congress, aud thc pcoplc tlrcreof sL*ll hnve formcd a constitutiou foi' a rapublic*n furrn i.rf govc'r'nmcnt, it shall bc adnritted as a State
into the {inion, on a,n equaL lboiir:g rvit[ lhe r.rtLel Slatcs; ancl the people
niay in such constitution cithcr prohibit or sustain the rigtrt to involuntar.y
labor or service, and altcr or amcn,l iLo constitution at their rvill.
Src. 8, The prcseut right of representation in secti<-rn two, article one, of this
Constilution $h&tl nc,t b; aliered tvithnut the consent of nllthe $tatos m&intaining the r:ight to involurttary service or labor south of latitude 360 30,' liut

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JOURNAI, OP T}IE SEI{ATX.

[Anur,8, 1864

nothilg in this Constitution or its arnendmeats shall be-construed to d*prive

eny Stete south of the right of said laiiiude 36" 30'of abqliohiug irrroiuutary servitrde at its will.
Sac. 3. The regulation anrl control of ihe righi to labor or scrvice in any
of the States sorrth of latitudc 360 30'is Lerebyrccogrrizcil to be exclnsiveiy
the right of cach siatc within its own linrits; and this Constitrrtion sliali
noi be altered or ameacled tr-r irnpair this riglit of each Siate rvithout its
co*sent: ?rauicletl, ?trris ai'ficle shr,li nnt bc consirued to absoh'e the llniterl

States from rendc,ring assistance to suppress.' insut'rectir)ns or r-lomestic violence, 'lvherr called ripon by any Sti.rte, as provided Jbr in sectiou four, *rlicle
four, of this Constitution.
Src. L0. Xo $tate sha,ll pass any law in any rv*v interfering wiih ot ol";stmctir:g tlic :'ccovery of i'iig'it,ivcs from jrrstice, oi' &'om ltbor or sel'r,ice,
or a,ny larr cf Llongress nrclc uncler arbicle fcrur, sccl,ion two, of this Const!
tutioni rind all lans in violatio* of this $cction may,on c,rnrpl:r.inl rnarle by
{u}y persr}n or State, bc tlcclarcd void by tirc Sn1:rcrne Couri ol i.hc {Jnited
$tates.
Snc. 11- ,ls a, right of comity betrvccn tlrosevcml States soxth of iatitude
36() 30' the right il[' tra,nsit 'with pcrsorrs lrclcl tr: involrinttry labor ()r ,ser'vice {i'orn r:nc State to nrrothcl shall not l'rc obstructcd, tr.lut such pcrsons
shaJl noi l"rc brought into the Siatcs norih o{ said latitud.e.
Snc. 12. The tre{fic in siaves with Africr is }rci'el.ry firrevcr proLibited on
paia of derth *rd the fi:r{'eiture of all tho rig}ris and propet'ty of persons
cngaged tircrein I ancl tlrc dcsccndants r:f Aflicans sh*ll r:ot l:c citizens.
Ssc. t$. .{llegcd {irgitivcs from labor or servicc, on re.lresi, sLail havc a,
trial by,iury bcfbrc licing rctrrrlrcd.
Snc. 14. -rll alleged {ngitives chargctl rvith crimr: committecl in rioiatiorr
of the iaws of a $taie sL*il liavc thc righi; of tlial byjury, and if such
pefson clrims to bc a citizcn of another Statc, siiall havc a riglit of appeal
or of * rvrit of curol to thc Suprcnrc Court of tl:e Unitcil Statcs.
Sec" 15. AII acts r,f ary inlrabii,ant of tlic' Ilnitcd States teriding to incitc
pcrsons hcld to sclvice or labor to insurrcction ot' acts of domcstic violcnce,
or, t0 &bscond, al'e lrct'eb5' plohibitcd and declu,red to be a penai offence, and
all thc conrts of tlic Unitcd Statcs shall be open to suplrcss *nd punish
such ofli:nct:s fl,t thc suil tif rny citizerr of thc llnitecl Staies or t]rc suit of
any Sl*te.
$nc. 16. All corr*pil'acia$ in *ny Statc to interfere with lawful rigtrts in
aly otircr State or against thc L)nitcd Sia.tes shail be supprcesed; and no
Statc r:r tlic peoplc tl:crcof str*11 rvithdr*rv from this LTnion-rvithont thc consent of tlircc.fuurths ol all thc Sratcs, cxpressed l-:y an u.rncndnrent proposcd and rttilicd in thc &&nner proviried ii *,r'ticle five of tttc Coustitution"
Src. ]?. lVhcnevel' ,rr1y Statc wherein involuntary servitude is recog
nizctl or allowed sirr,ll prr,pose to aL:olish such serviindc, and shall epplyfor-pcc-Lrni:lry assistance thcrein, thc Congrcss rnry irr ils'discrction grunt
snch^rclicf, rol exccctling one hundrcd dJllaro, tbr- cacb pcl.son liber:ated;
trut 0ongres$ shall not proposc
-frec $uch abolishrncut or rclicf io any $tatc.
lnay
*ssist
pcrsorrs of African dcsceni to eirrigratc unil
. Q11ngr9s..$.
civilizc AJi'icrSnc. I8. Oulies on imports may be imposcti for rc\enne, bnt shail not l"re
excessivc or prohibitoly in amount.
Srit;. 19. l\Ihcn all of thc several St*tes shall have abolishccl slovery, then
and thel'cllftcr slavcrv 0r involrrutar')'scryitnde, cxcept as a punishment for
crime, shall ncvcr bc'establishcd oriolcrated iri any it tnu St*te* or Tcrritories of tLc Unitcri Statcs, *nd they shall be lbrevcr fics.
Scc. !0. The provisions of this articlc lclating to invr.riuntaty lobor or
eervitude shall i:ot bc altcrcd rvithout thc.consirrt of aii the Sintes maintaiuiug such scrritudc :

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
\\rlrereas during the histor), of the Nation, tlre tlnited States

has

gro\

rn into a sl,rnbol of democraev and freetlom

around the r.vorld;

\\'hereas the legacl' of -.\fricarr-Americarrs is interrn'oven lr.ith

the very fabric of the democracv and freedom of the
United States;
\Vlrereas millions
enslaved

of Afrir:ans arrd tlreir

destrerrdarrts \\,ere

in thc llnited States and tire 13 American

colo-

nies fr<-rm 1619 through 1865;

\Mrereas Africarrs ftlrced irrto slat.er.)' \\,ere bnrtalized, lrumili-

ated, dehumanized, and suhjected to the indignitv of

being strippcd of their names and heritagc;
\\'lrereas malr)' enslaved families \\rere torrr apart after family
memhers wcre sold scparatcl;,;

\\hercas thc s;,stern of slaver), and thc visceral racism against

people of Africarr descent upon rvhit:lr it deperrded became
cnmeshcd in the social fabric of thc Linitcd Statcs;
\\rhercas slavcry u,as not officialll' abolished until the ratifica-

tiorr of the 13th amendment to tlre Coustitutiou of the

United States in 1865, after the cnd of the Civii War;
\\ihcreas aftc,r cmancipation from 246 years of slavery, African-Americarrs soon saw tire fleetirrg political, sot:ial, trttd
eeonomic gains they made during' Reconstruction er,'is-

(rerzrted b1' r-inrlerrt rzicism. lr-rrclrings, diserrfrarrchisemerrt,

Black Codes, antl racial sogrcgatioir larn s that imposcd a

rigicl sysLcr, of officiallr. sa,rrctio,ccl .acial scg.egatio. i.
r,'irtunllv all zrreas of )if'e;

jurc racial scgregation knon,n as

".Iirlr Crow", rvhich urose in certain parts of thc llnited

\Mrcreas the svstcm of de

States after tlre Oivil \\rar to r'reate .separate arrd trnequal

socictics for \Vhitcs and African-Americans, \l,as a dircct
result of the racism agzrinst people of African descent

that

r.l,as errgerrclered bv slar,erlr;

Wicreas thc svstcm of Jim Crolv lau,s officially existed until

thc 19ti0s-a ccnturv aftcr thc ofticial end of slavery in
tlre Llrrited States-tu)til Cortgress tool< ar.tiorr to errd it,
but tlie rrcstiges of Jirm Crorn, contimre to this da,v;
Srhcreas African-Auericar,ns contimre
sequeuces of' slztverlr

;illd Jinr

to suffer from the

Cr<xr, ]i111's-lerrg

con-

after both

systems \,vcre formally abolislicd-through cnormous

damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including
tlre loss of }tumatt dig1nit1, tirrd libertr.;
Wrereas the story of the cnslar.emcnt and dc jr.rrc seg, egation
of Alrican-Arncricanrs and thc dehumanizing atrocities
committed agairrst tlrenr slrould rrot be purged froni or

minimized

in the telling of the history of the United

States;
\Yl reretrs tl r ose -t\fri

<rtrr

-lrtt

ri r,at

ts

u,l

to

su

ff'erecl

tt rt det"

slat.et)'

and Jim C'rou, larvs, rand thcir desccndants, exemplifr the

strength of thc human charactor and provide a modcl of
0ollrage, 00r-rrmittnettt, altcl perseYerance;

Wliercas on July 8, 2003, during'a trip to Goree Island, Scnegal, a formcr slave 1lort, Presiclent George \Y. Bush ac'
krrou4edged tlre rrotttittuittg legatt.t of slaveq' irr lif'e in tJre
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United States and the need to confront that legac\., \r,her)

he statcd that slavery "u,as
onc of thc greatest
crinies of history . . Thc racial bigotrv fbcl by slavery
did rrot errd with sla,rery or u.ith segregation. Ard man)r
of the issues that still troublc America have roots in tho
bitter expcrriencc of other tirnes. But h<lrvevcrr long the
jounrer', our destirn' is set: libertl' arrd ,justice for all.,,;
\\Ihcrcas Presidcnt Bill Clinton also acknorvlerlg,cd thc dcepseated problenrs c:rused by thc: continuing lcgacy of rac-

ism against Atricarr-.Americarrs tlrat begarr u,ith

when lic initiatecl a national dialogue about race;

slaver),,

Wrereas an a1>ology for ccnturies of bmtal dehumanization

and irr.justices carrnob erase tlre past, but corrf'essiorr of
the r,r,rongs committed ancl a formal apolog1, to AfricanAnericans rvill help lbind thc u,ounds of the Nation that
are rooted irr slaver;' and can speed racial lrealirrg arrcl
rcconciliation and hcrlp thc peoplc of tlic llnitccl Statcs
undrrrstand thc past and honor the histor.r, of all people
of the Llnited States;
Whercas the legislaturcs

of the Commoilvealth of Virginia

and the Statcs of Aiabama, Floridu, Maryland, zrnd

Nortlr Carolilrtr lrave tarken tlre lead in adopting resolutions officialiy expressing appropriate remorse for slavery,
and other Statc legislatures are consiclering similar rcsolutions; and

it is important

for the pcoplc of thc United States,

who lcgallS, rccoglizt:d slavcrl. througli thc Constitution
and the lan's of the United Sttttes, to tnerke a formal
apolog- for- slavcrv a,ncl for its succcssor', Jirn Crow, so
they can l)ro\rc tbnvi'rrcl atrd secl< rcconciliation, justice,
arrci harrlon\r fbr all people of tlre l.l'nited States' Now,

Whereas

thereforc, bc
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it

l
I

Resol,ucrl

by th,e Scnrfie (the Housc

oJ'

Rcpresurtrfiiucs

conctrrine), That thc sense of the Congrcss is the fol-

lorving:

(1) Ar,oLO(ly t.oR ?uli IINSIz\\'EMnNT ,\NI)

SEGI1ITGATION

gTess-

glr. AIrIg(,AN-AntEItI(rAXS.-Thc Co1-

(A) ackrrorvledges the furrdamental irljus-

tice, cmcltv, bmtality, ancl inhnmanitv of slar-

ery and Jim (lrorv

larn sl

(R) apologizes to Afrirrarr-Americturs on

10

be-

11

lialf of thc people of the

T2

wrongs couunitted against thom and the,ir an-

13

trestors 'ii,lro sutT'ered utrder slaven' arrd Jini

I4

Cro-uv larn

15

((l)

l6

L'l'nitecl States,

for the

s; and

to

the

prirrcriple

that all peoplc ure t:r'cated cclual

arrd

t7

cnclorvcd

uith

18

tund

r9

pc:ople

20

clirninating racial prejudices, injustices, and dis-

21

crimination from our socict.y.

22

(2) Drstrl,,\I1\,IER.-Notlrirrg in this restllutiott-

24

its

rcconunitment

inalicnahlc rights to lifc, Iibcrtp',

the pursuit of happincss, anrl calls on all

of thc United States t<l rvtlrk tou'ard

(A)

23

cxpresses

authorizes

or supports an)'

against the tTnited Statcs; or

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claim

1
2

(R)

senres as

a settlernerrt of anr, r:laim

against thc tInitcd States.

Passed thc Sonatc June 18, 2009.

Attest:

Secretura.

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ooNliRE*t

s. cON. REs.

26

CONCUruNT RISOIUTION
Apologizing ttl' the enslaverirent and rtrcial
segl'esatiol of .\fi-icarr-Arrrelicans.