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Words Matter Act of 2022 This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability .
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2023 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Words Matter Act (HR 8863 - 117th Congress; re-introduction has not happened to date in the 118th Congress so no bill number is available) - This bill would remove outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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