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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12203 Prohibition Against Retaliation and Coercion

Title 42 › CHAPTER 126 — EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES › SUBCHAPTER IV — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 12203

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protects people from being punished or treated unfairly for opposing acts banned by this law or for filing a complaint, testifying, helping, or taking part in an investigation, hearing, or proceeding. It also bans anyone from threatening, scaring, or interfering with someone who is using those rights or helping others use them. If someone is harmed, they can use the remedies and procedures in sections 12117, 12133, and 12188 for violations under subchapter I, subchapter II, and subchapter III, respectively.

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Title 42, §12203

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(a)Retaliation
No person shall discriminate against any individual because such individual has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because such individual made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.
(b)Interference, coercion, or intimidation
It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any individual in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other individual in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this chapter.
(c)Remedies and procedures
The remedies and procedures available under section 12117, 12133, and 12188 of this title shall be available to aggrieved persons for violations of subsections (a) and (b), with respect to subchapter I, subchapter II and subchapter III, respectively.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 101–336, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 327, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 12101 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12203

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110