---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000e–11"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000e–11"
heading: "Veterans’ special rights or preference"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000e-11"
units:
  - "Chapter 21 — Civil Rights"
  - "Subchapter VI — Equal Employment Opportunities"
---

# §2000e–11. Veterans’ special rights or preference


Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to repeal or modify any Federal, [State](/usc/42/2000e.md?p=i), territorial, or local law creating special rights or preference for veterans.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–352, title VII, § 712, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 265.)