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[CITE: 42USC12203]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
    CHAPTER 126--EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 101-336, title V, Sec. 503, July 26, 1990, 104 Stat. 370.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 29 sections 791, 793, 794.
