Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:

Congress Number

111th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

November 17, 2009

Action

Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Burr, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Bill Number

S. 2781

Bill Version

Introduced in Senate (IS)

Short Title

Rosa's Law

Full Title

To change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual disability.

Sponsors

Barbara A. Mikulski(MD)

Cosponsors

Michael B. Enzi (WY); Tom Harkin (IA); Brown; Benjamin L. Cardin (MD); Lamar Alexander (TN); John Barrasso (WY); Richard Burr (NC); Judd Gregg (NH); John Thune (SD); Christopher J. Dodd (CT)

Committees

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Standing)

United States Code References

20 U.S.C. 1140, 1400, 1401 and 7512
29 U.S.C. 705, 764 and 791
42 U.S.C. 15009, 15024, 15043, 2000ff, 217a-1, 247b-4, 280f, 285g, 285g-2, 291k, 294c, 300b-1 and 300d-52