To amend Federal law to remove the terms "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation", and for other purposes.
Words Matter Act of 2023
This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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