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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1022 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise references |
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| 6 | 6 | | in such title to individuals with intellectual disabilities. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. N |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to |
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| 14 | 14 | | revise references in such title to individuals with intellec- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tual disabilities. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Words Matter for the 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | District of Columbia Courts Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLEC-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | TUAL DISABILITIES. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) J |
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| 24 | 24 | | URISDICTION OF UNITEDSTATESDISTRICT 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | C |
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| 26 | 26 | | OURT.—Section 11–501(2)(D), District of Columbia Of-9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ficial Code, is amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1022 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | persons’’ and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellec-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tual disabilities’’. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) J |
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| 34 | 34 | | URISDICTION OF SUPERIORCOURT.—Section 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 11–921(a)(4)(D), District of Columbia Official Code, is 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded persons’’ and 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabilities’’. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) J |
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| 39 | 39 | | URISDICTION OFFAMILYCOURT.—Section 11– 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1101(a)(15), District of Columbia Official Code, is amend-8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ed by striking ‘‘the at least moderately mentally retarded’’ 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabil-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ities’’. 11 |
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