42 U.S.C. § 12203 — Prohibition against retaliation and coercion

This section has three lettered parts, (a) through (c). (a) Retaliation. No one can discriminate against a person because that person opposed an act or practice made illegal by this chapter, or because they filed a charge, testified, helped, or took part in any way in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter. (b) Interference, coercion, or intimidation. It's illegal to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with anyone who is exercising or enjoying a right this chapter protects -- or who helped or encouraged someone else to do the same -- whether that's happening now or already happened in the past. (c) Remedies and procedures. People harmed by a violation of (a) or (b) can use the same remedies and procedures set out in sections 12117, 12133, and 12188 -- matching whichever part of the law applies: employment under subchapter I, public services under subchapter II, or public accommodations under subchapter III.