1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Words Matter Act of 2024 . 2. Removal of mentally retarded and mental retardation from Federal law (a) Contracts for medical care for spouses and children Section 1079(d)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking is moderately or severely mentally retarded, has a serious physical disability, or has and inserting has a moderate to severe intellectual disability, a serious physical disability, or . (b) Mortgage insurance for nursing homes, intermediate care facilities, and board and care homes Section 232(d)(4)(A) of the National Housing Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1715w(d)(4)(A) ) is amended by striking the mentally retarded or developmentally disabled and inserting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities . (c) Implementation of a sentence of death Section 3596(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking is mentally retarded and inserting has an intellectual disability . (d) Definition of fetal alcohol syndrome Section 4(9)(A) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1603(9)(A) ) is amended by striking mental retardation and inserting an intellectual disability . (e) General programs definitions Section 701 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act ( 25 U.S.C. 1665 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by striking mental retardation and inserting an intellectual disability ; and (2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking mental retardation and inserting an intellectual disability . (f) Grant authority Section 2201 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10471 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking mental retardation and inserting intellectual disabilities ; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking a mentally ill or mentally retarded offender and inserting an offender who has a mental illness or intellectual disability