President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) is an advisory body that provides assistance to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public policy issues related to intellectual disability.

[2]: 412 [3]: 1  Originally known as the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, it was eventually renamed in 2003 by George W. Bush over concerns regarding negative labelling.

The PCPID holds formal meetings twice per year, and issues an annual report providing advice and recommendations.

[1] The scope of the PCPID according to its governing executive order is intellectual disability as it relates to: In 1974 the goals of the committee were realigned by Richard Nixon, with a focus on deinstitutionalization, preventive care, and legal rights, and again in 1996 by Bill Clinton, with a focus on community inclusion.

[4]: 1627 The committee is located organizationally under the Administration for Community Living and the Department of Health and Human Services.