Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 21 — Civil Rights
§ 1997j. Disclaimer respecting private litigation
Statutory text
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act
Pub. L. 96–247 § 12 · 94 Stat. 349
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1997j
(Pub. L. 96–247, § 12, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 354.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–247, § 12, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 354.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 12. DISCLAIMER—PRIVATE LITIGATION. The provisions of this Act 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 Act shall not be grounds for delay of or prejudice to any litigation on behalf of parties other than the United States.
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