TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 126 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES
SUBCHAPTER IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS42 U.S.C. Section 12203.
Prohibition against retaliation and coercion
(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 sections 12117,
12133, and 12188 of this title shall be available to aggrieved
persons for violations of subsections (a) and (b) of this
section,
with respect to subchapter I, subchapter II and subchapter III
of
this chapter, respectively.
-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-336, title V, Sec. 503, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat.
370.)
