---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000c–7"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000c–7"
heading: "Liability of United States for costs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000c-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter IV — Public Education"
---

# §2000c–7. Liability of United States for costs


In any action or proceeding under this subchapter the United States shall be liable for costs the same as a private person.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title IV, § 408, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 249.)