Sec. 2. Modernization of language referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States
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An Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) shall not use the following terms in any proposed or final rule, regulation, interpretation, publication, other document, display, or sign issued by the agency after the date of the enactment of this Act, except to the extent that the term is used in quoting or reproducing text written by a source other than an officer (as defined in section 2104 of title 5, United States Code) or employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) of the agency:
The term alien , when used to refer to an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States. The term illegal alien when used to refer to an individual who is unlawfully present in the United States or who lacks a lawful immigration status in the United States.