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42 U.S.C. § 2000gg–2 — Remedies and enforcement

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42 U.S.C. § 2000gg–2 — Remedies and enforcement

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**(a) Employees covered by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964** (1) **In general** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in sections 705, 706, 707, 709, 710, and 711 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–4](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-4&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) [[42 U.S.C. 2000e–4](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-4&num=0&edition=prelim), 2000e–5, 2000e–6, 2000e–8, 2000e–9, and 2000e–10] to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person alleging a violation of title VII of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 2000e](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in [section 2000gg(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000gg/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim) except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) **Costs and fees** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1988&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person alleging such practice. (3) **Damages** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 1981a, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, or any person alleging such practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under [section 1981a(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(b) Employees covered by Congressional Accountability Act of 1995** (1) **In general** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 ([2 U.S.C. 1301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) for the purposes of addressing allegations of violations of section 201(a)(1) of such Act ([2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1311/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to address an allegation of an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in [section 2000gg(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000gg/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim), except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) **Costs and fees** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1988&num=0&edition=prelim) for the purposes of addressing allegations of such a violation shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to address allegations of such practice. (3) **Damages** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 1981a, for purposes of addressing allegations of such a violation, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to address any allegation of such practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under [section 1981a(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(c) Employees covered by chapter 5 of title 3** (1) **In general** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3 to the President, the Commission, the Merit Systems Protection Board, or any person alleging a violation of section 411(a)(1) of such title shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the President, the Commission, the Board, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in [section 2000gg(3)(C) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000gg/3/C&num=0&edition=prelim), except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) **Costs and fees** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1988&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the President, the Commission, the Board, or any person alleging such practice. (3) **Damages** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 1981a, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the President, the Commission, the Board, or any person alleging such practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under [section 1981a(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(d) Employees covered by Government Employee Rights Act of 1991** (1) **In general** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in sections 302 and 304 of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–16b](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-16b&num=0&edition=prelim); 2000e–16c) to the Commission or any person alleging a violation of section 302(a)(1) of such Act ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–16b(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–16b/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in [section 2000gg(3)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000gg/3/D&num=0&edition=prelim), except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) **Costs and fees** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1988&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission or any person alleging such practice. (3) **Damages** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 1981a, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission or any person alleging such practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under [section 1981a(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(e) Employees covered by section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964** (1) **In general** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-16&num=0&edition=prelim)) to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person alleging a violation of that section shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment practice in violation of this chapter against an employee described in [section 2000gg(3)(E) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000gg/3/E&num=0&edition=prelim), except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. (2) **Costs and fees** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1988 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1988&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person alleging such practice. (3) **Damages** — The powers, remedies, and procedures provided in [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim), including the limitations contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 1981a, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this chapter provides to the Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any person alleging such practice (not an employment practice specifically excluded from coverage under [section 1981a(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(f) Prohibition against retaliation** (1) **In general** — No person shall discriminate against any employee because such employee has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this chapter or because such employee made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter. (2) **Prohibition against coercion** — It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any individual in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of such individual having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of such individual having aided or encouraged any other individual in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this chapter. (3) **Remedy** — The remedies and procedures otherwise provided for under this section shall be available to aggrieved individuals with respect to violations of this subsection. **(g) Limitation** Notwithstanding subsections (a)(3), (b)(3), (c)(3), (d)(3), and (e)(3), if an unlawful employment practice involves the provision of a reasonable accommodation pursuant to this chapter or regulations implementing this chapter, damages may not be awarded under [section 1981a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981a&num=0&edition=prelim) if the covered entity demonstrates good faith efforts, in consultation with the employee with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions who has informed the covered entity that accommodation is needed, to identify and make a reasonable accommodation that would provide such employee with an equally effective opportunity and would not cause an undue hardship on the operation of the covered entity.

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e — Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter— **(a)** The term “person” includes one or more individuals, governments, governmental agencies, political subdivisions, labor unions, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under title 11, or receivers. **(b)** The term “employer” means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person, but such term does not include (1) the United States, a corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States, an Indian tribe, or any department or agency of the District of Columbia subject by statute to procedures of the competitive service (as defined in [section 2102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2102&num=0&edition=prelim)), or (2) a bona fide private membership club (other than a labor organization) which is exempt from taxation under [section 501(c) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c&num=0&edition=prelim), except that during the first year after March 24, 1972, persons having fewer than twenty-five employees (and their agents) shall not be considered employers. **(c)** The term “employment agency” means any person regularly undertaking with or without compensation to procure employees for an employer or to procure for employees opportunities to work for an employer and includes an agent of such a person. **(d)** The term “labor organization” means a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce, and any

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42 U.S.C. § 1981a — Damages in cases of intentional discrimination in employment

**(a) Right of recovery** (1) **Civil rights** — In an action brought by a complaining party under section 706 or 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [[42 U.S.C. 2000e–5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-5&num=0&edition=prelim), 2000e–16] against a respondent who engaged in unlawful intentional discrimination (not an employment practice that is unlawful because of its disparate impact) prohibited under section 703, 704, or 717 of the Act [[42 U.S.C. 2000e–2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-2&num=0&edition=prelim), 2000e–3, 2000e–16], and provided that the complaining party cannot recover under [section 1981 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981&num=0&edition=prelim), the complaining party may recover compensatory and punitive damages as allowed in subsection (b), in addition to any relief authorized by section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, from the respondent. (2) **Disability** — In an action brought by a complaining party under the powers, remedies, and procedures set forth in section 706 or 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [[42 U.S.C. 2000e–5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e-5&num=0&edition=prelim), 2000e–16] (as provided in section 107(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 12117(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12117/a&num=0&edition=prelim)), and [section 794a(a)(1) of title 29](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section794a/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), respectively) against a respondent who engaged in unlawful intentional discrimination (not an e

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42 U.S.C. § 1988 — Proceedings in vindication of civil rights

**(a) Applicability of statutory and common law** The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters conferred on the district courts by the provisions of titles 13, 24, and 70 of the Revised Statutes for the protection of all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offenses against law, the common law, as modified and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of such civil or criminal cause is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be extended to and govern the said courts in the trial and disposition of the cause, and, if it is of a criminal nature, in the infliction of punishment on the party found guilty. **(b) Attorney’s fees** In any action or proceeding to enforce a provision of sections 1981, 1981a, 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1986 of this title, title IX of Public Law 92–318 [[20 U.S.C. 1681](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1681&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 [[42 U.S.C. 2000bb](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000bb&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 [[42 U.S.C. 2000cc](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000cc&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [[42 U.S.C. 2000d

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2 U.S.C. § 1301 — Definitions

**(a) In general** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, as used in this chapter: (1) **Board** — The term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. (2) **Chair** — The term “Chair” means the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. (3) **Covered employee** — The term “covered employee” means any employee of— (A) the House of Representatives; (B) the Senate; (C) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (D) the Capitol Police; (E) the Congressional Budget Office; (F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; (G) the Office of the Attending Physician; (H) the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; (I) the Office of Technology Assessment; (J) the Library of Congress, except for [section 1351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim); or (K) the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development. (4) **Employee** — The term “employee” includes an applicant for employment and a former employee. (5) **Employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol** — The term “employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol” includes any employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol or the Botanic Garden. (6) **Employee of the Capitol Police** — The term “employee of the Capitol Police” includes any member or officer of the Capitol Police. (7) **Employee of the House of Representatives** — The term “employee of the House of Representatives” includes an individual occupying a position the pay for which is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, or another official designated by the H

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42 U.S.C. § 2000a — Prohibition against discrimination or segregation in places of public accommodation

**(a) Equal access** All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin. **(b) Establishments affecting interstate commerce or supported in their activities by State action as places of public accommodation; lodgings; facilities principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises; gasoline stations; places of exhibition or entertainment; other covered establishments** Each of the following establishments which serves the public is a place of public accommodation within the meaning of this subchapter if its operations affect commerce, or if discrimination or segregation by it is supported by State action: (1) any inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment which provides lodging to transient guests, other than an establishment located within a building which contains not more than five rooms for rent or hire and which is actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as his residence; (2) any restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food for consumption on the premises, including, but not limited to, any such facility located on the premises of any retail establishment; or any gasoline station; (3) any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment; and (4) any establishment (A)(i) which is physically located within the premises of any establishment otherwise covered by this subsection, or (ii) within the premises of which is physically located any such cove

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42 U.S.C. § 2000gg — Definitions

As used in this chapter— (1) the term “Commission” means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (2) the term “covered entity”— (A) has the meaning given the term “respondent” in [section 2000e(n) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e/n&num=0&edition=prelim); and (B) includes— (i) an employer, which means a person engaged in industry affecting commerce who has 15 or more employees as defined in [section 2000e(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e/b&num=0&edition=prelim); (ii) an employing office, as defined in [section 1301 of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 411(c) of title 3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title3-section411/c&num=0&edition=prelim); (iii) an entity employing a State employee described in [section 2000e–16c(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–16c/a&num=0&edition=prelim); and (iv) an entity to which [section 2000e–16(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–16/a&num=0&edition=prelim) applies; (3) the term “employee” means— (A) an employee (including an applicant), as defined in [section 2000e(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) a covered employee (including an applicant), as defined in [section 1301 of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim), and an individual described in [section 1311(d) of tit

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2 U.S.C. § 1301 — Definitions

Page 305 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 1301 Sec. 1403. Mediation. 1404. Repealed. 1405. Hearing. 1406. Appeal to Board. 1407. Judicial review of Board decisions and en- forcement. 1408. Civil action. 1409. Judicial review of regulations. 1410. Other judicial review prohibited. 1411. Effect of failure to issue regulations. 1412. Expedited review of certain appeals. 1413. Privileges and immunities. 1414. Settlement. 1415. Payments. 1416. Confidentiality. 1417. Option to request remote work assignment or paid leave of absence during pendency of procedures. SUBCHAPTER V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 1431. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 1432. Political affiliation and place of residence. 1433. Nondiscrimination rules of House and Senate. 1434. Judicial branch coverage study. 1435. Savings provisions. 1436. Repealed. 1437. Sense of Senate regarding adoption of sim- plified and streamlined acquisition proce- dures for Senate acquisitions. 1437a. Training and education programs of employ- ing offices. 1437b. Support for out-of-area covered employees. 1438. Severability. SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL § 1301. Definitions (a) In general Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, as used in this chapter: (1) Board The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of Direc- tors of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. (2) Chair The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Office of Congres- sional Workplace Rights. (3) Covered employee The term ‘‘covered employee’’ means any employee of— (A) the House of Representatives; (B) the Senate; (C) the Office of Congressional Accessi- bility Services; (D) the Capitol Police; (E) the Congressional Budget Office; (F) the Office of the Architect of the Cap- itol

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2 U.S.C. § 1311 — Rights and protections under title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and title I of Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

**(a) Discriminatory practices prohibited** All personnel actions affecting covered employees shall be made free from any discrimination based on— (1) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, within the meaning of section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–2&num=0&edition=prelim)); (2) age, within the meaning of section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ([29 U.S.C. 633a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section633a&num=0&edition=prelim)); or (3) disability, within the meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ([29 U.S.C. 791](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section791&num=0&edition=prelim)) and sections 102 through 104 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ([42 U.S.C. 12112–121](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12112–121&num=0&edition=prelim)14). **(b) Remedy** (1) **Civil rights** — The remedy for a violation of subsection (a)(1) shall be— (A) such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ([42 U.S.C. 2000e–5(g)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2000e–5/g&num=0&edition=prelim)); and (B) such compensatory damages as would be appropriate if awarded under [section 1981 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1981&num=0&edition=prelim), or as would be appropriate if awarded under sections 1981a(a)(1), 1981a(b)(2), and, irrespective of the size of the employing office, 1981a(b)(3)(D) of title 42. (2) **Age discrimination** — The remedy for a violation o

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2 U.S.C. § 1311 — Rights and protections under title VII of

Page 309 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 1311 15 (§ 651 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 651 of Title 29 and Tables. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, re- ferred to in subsec. (a)(8), is Pub. L. 100–347, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 646, which is classified generally to chap- ter 22 (§ 2001 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classifica- tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2001 of Title 29 and Tables. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(9), is Pub. L. 100–379, Aug. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 2101 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete clas- sification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2101 of Title 29 and Tables. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in subsec. (a)(10), is Pub. L. 93–112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of Title 29. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of Title 29 and Tables. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 110–233, May 21, 2008, 122 Stat. 881. Title II of the Act is classified generally to chapter 21F (§ 2000ff et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000ff of Title 42 and Tables. AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 116–92 added par. (12). 2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–397 added subsec. (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT Subsec. (a)(12) of this

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42 U.S.C. § 2000e — Definitions

Page 5261 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2000e part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, title VI of which comprises this subchapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS ‘‘Secretary of Education’’ substituted for ‘‘Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare’’ in subsec. (d) pursuant to sections 301 and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to sections 3441 and 3507 of Title 20, Edu- cation, and which transferred functions and offices (re- lating to education) of Department and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Edu- cation. § 2000d–7. Civil rights remedies equalization (a) General provision (1) A State shall not be immune under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 794], title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 [20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.], the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.], title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.], or the provisions of any other Federal statute prohibiting discrimination by recipients of Federal financial assistance. (2) In a suit against a State for a violation of a statute referred to in paragraph (1), remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a violation to the same extent as such remedies are available for such a violation in the suit against any public or pri- vate entity other than a State. (b) Effective date The provisions of subsection (a) shall take ef- fect with respect to violations that occur in whole or in part after October 21, 1986. (Pub. L. 99–506, title X, § 1003, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1845.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN

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