---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000b–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000b–1"
heading: "Liability of United States for costs and attorney’s fee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000b-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter III — Public Facilities"
---

# §2000b–1. Liability of United States for costs and attorney’s fee


In any action or proceeding under this subchapter the United States shall be liable for costs, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, the same as a private person.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title III, § 302, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 246.)