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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1022
To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise references
in such title to individuals with intellectual disabilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Ms. N
ORTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to
revise references in such title to individuals with intellec-
tual disabilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Words Matter for the 4
District of Columbia Courts Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLEC-6
TUAL DISABILITIES. 7
(a) J
URISDICTION OF UNITEDSTATESDISTRICT 8
C
OURT.—Section 11–501(2)(D), District of Columbia Of-9
ficial Code, is amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded 10
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persons’’ and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellec-1
tual disabilities’’. 2
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URISDICTION OF SUPERIORCOURT.—Section 3
11–921(a)(4)(D), District of Columbia Official Code, is 4
amended by striking ‘‘substantially retarded persons’’ and 5
inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabilities’’. 6
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URISDICTION OFFAMILYCOURT.—Section 11– 7
1101(a)(15), District of Columbia Official Code, is amend-8
ed by striking ‘‘the at least moderately mentally retarded’’ 9
and inserting ‘‘persons with moderate intellectual disabil-10
ities’’. 11
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