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[CITE: 42USC1997j]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 21--CIVIL RIGHTS
 
                SUBCHAPTER I-A--INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
 
Sec. 1997j. Disclaimer respecting private litigation

    The provisions of this subchapter shall in no way expand or restrict 
the authority of parties other than the United States to enforce the 
legal rights which they may have pursuant to existing law with regard to 
institutionalized persons. In this regard, the fact that the Attorney 
General may be conducting an investigation or contemplating litigation 
pursuant to this subchapter shall not be grounds for delay of or 
prejudice to any litigation on behalf of parties other than the United 
States.

(Pub. L. 96-247, Sec. 12, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 354.)
