{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2000d\u20137.","heading":"Civil rights remedies equalization","text":"\u00a7\u202f2000d\u20137.\nCivil rights remedies equalization\n(a)\nGeneral provision\n(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 [\n29 U.S.C. 794\n20 U.S.C. 1681\n42 U.S.C. 6101\n42 U.S.C. 2000d\n(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 private entity other than a State.\n(b)\nEffective date\nThe provisions of subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to violations that occur in whole or in part after\nOctober 21, 1986","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2000d\u20137."},{"t":"heading","text":"Civil rights remedies equalization"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General provision"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"29 U.S.C. 794","href":"/us/usc/t29/s794","tail":"], title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ["},{"t":"ref","text":"20 U.S.C. 1681","href":"/us/usc/t20/s1681","tail":" et seq.], the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ["},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 6101","href":"/us/usc/t42/s6101","tail":" et seq.], title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ["},{"t":"ref","text":"42 U.S.C. 2000d","href":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d","tail":" et seq.], or the provisions of any other Federal statute prohibiting discrimination by recipients of Federal financial assistance."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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 private entity other than a State.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s2000d\u20137/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Effective date"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The provisions of subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to violations that occur in whole or in part after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 21, 1986","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}