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124 STAT. 2643 PUBLIC LAW 111–256—OCT. 5, 2010 Public Law 111–256 111th Congress An Act 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ‘‘Rosa’s Law’’. SEC. 2. INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. (a) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Section 760(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1140(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘mental retardation or’’. (b) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.— (1) Section 601(c)(12)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400(c)(12)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘having mental retardation’’ and inserting ‘‘having intellectual disabilities’’. (2) Section 602 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1401) is amended— (A) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘with mental retardation’’ and inserting ‘‘with intellectual disabilities’’; and (B) in paragraph (30)(C), by striking ‘‘of mental retardation’’ and inserting ‘‘of intellectual disabilities’’. (c) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— Section 7202(16)(E) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7512(16)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘mild mental retardation,’’ and inserting ‘‘mild intellectual disabilities,’’. (d) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.— (1) Section 7(21)(A)(iii) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(21)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘mental retardation,’’ and inserting ‘‘intellectual disability,’’. (2) Section 204(b)(2)(C)(vi) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 764(b)(2)(C)(vi)) is amended by striking ‘‘mental retardation and other developmental disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities’’. (3) Section 501(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 791(a)) is amended, in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘President’s Committees on Employment of People With Disabilities and on Mental Retardation’’ and inserting ‘‘President’s Disability Employment Partnership Board and the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities’’. (e) HEALTH RESEARCH AND HEALTH SERVICES AMENDMENTS OF 1976.—Section 1001 of the Health Research and Health Services 20 USC 1400 note. Rosa’s Law. Oct. 5, 2010 [S. 2781]