---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000b–3"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000b–3"
heading: "“Complaint” defined"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000b-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter III — Public Facilities"
---

# §2000b–3. “Complaint” defined


A complaint as used in this subchapter is a writing or document within the meaning of [section 1001](/usc/42/1001.md), title 18.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title III, § 304, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 246.)