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HR 4544 111th Congress House Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disability and paralysis Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Health programs administration and funding Higher education School administration

Elizabeth A. Connelly Act

Introduced: January 27, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 23, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jan 29, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 27, 2010
Introduced in House
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 27, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Elizabeth A. Connelly Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Public Health Service Act, the Health Professions Education Partnership Act of 1968, the National Sickle Cell Anemia Act, Cooley's Anemia, Tay-Sachs, and Genetic Diseases Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, and other federal enactments and regulations to change references to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability.

What's happening now February 23, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13 Republican 2
D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 20, 2010
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Sep 16, 2010
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 30, 2010
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 26, 2010
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Jul 26, 2010
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 14, 2010
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 14, 2010
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 24, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 23, 2010
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · May 4, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 27, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Apr 26, 2010
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 20, 2010
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 20, 2010
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Apr 14, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4544: Elizabeth A. Connelly Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4544/
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"H.R. 4544: Elizabeth A. Connelly Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4544/.
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H.R. 4544, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4544/.
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