U.S. House · 118th Congress · H.R. 3111
Words Matter Act of 2023
To amend Federal law to remove the terms "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation", and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Mark PocanD-WI-2
- Introduced
- May 5, 2023, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Health (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
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Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (40)
30 Democrats, 10 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
- Nikki BudzinskiD-IL-13
- Kathy CastorD-FL-14
- Mark DeSaulnierD-CA-10
- Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1
- Lloyd DoggettD-TX-37
- Jeff DuncanR-SC-3
- Dwight EvansD-PA-3
- Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA-1
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Raúl M. GrijalvaD-AZ-7
- Erin HouchinR-IN-9
- Marcy KapturD-OH-9
- William R. KeatingD-MA-9
- Ro KhannaD-CA-17
- Ann M. KusterD-NH-2
- Nicholas A. LangworthyR-NY-23
- Summer L. LeeD-PA-12
- Julia LetlowR-LA-5
- Tracey MannR-KS-1
- Betty McCollumD-MN-4
- Morgan McGarveyD-KY-3
- Cathy McMorris RodgersR-WA-5
- Marcus J. MolinaroR-NY-19
- Jared MoskowitzD-FL-23
- Kevin MullinD-CA-15
- Wiley NickelD-NC-13
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Donald M. Payne, Jr.D-NJ-10
- Dean PhillipsD-MN-3
- Janice D. SchakowskyD-IL-9
- Pete SessionsR-TX-17
- Mikie SherrillD-NJ-11
- Christopher H. SmithR-NJ-4
- Jill N. TokudaD-HI-2
- Paul TonkoD-NY-20
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12
- Susan WildD-PA-7
Signed on later
- Jim CostaD-CA-21May 11, 2023
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5November 13, 2023