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Words Matter Act of 2025

Official title: To amend Federal law to remove the terms "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation", and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to mentally retarded and mental retardation with intellectual disability.

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  1. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  2. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  3. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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