US Congress House Bill 4544 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 67-10)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Elizabeth A. Connelly Act

Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Zachary Space [D-OH]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Charles Wilson [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2010-01-29		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2010-01-27		Referred to House Education and Labor
2010-01-27		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2010-01-27		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.

SB2781 (Related) 2010-10-05 - Became Public Law No: 111-256.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4544/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4544/BILLS-111hr4544ih.pdf