---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2000gg–4"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2000gg–4"
heading: "Waiver of State immunity"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2000gg-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 21G — Pregnant Worker Fairness"
---

# §2000gg–4. Waiver of State immunity


A [State](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) shall not be immune under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution from an action in a Federal or [State](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) court of competent jurisdiction for a [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of this chapter. In any action against a [State](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) for a [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) of this chapter, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for such a [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) to the same extent as such remedies are available for such a [violation](/usc/42/2000e–16a.md?p=c) in an action against any public or private entity other than a [State](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–328, div. II, § 106, Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 6089.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Dec. 29, 2022, see section 109 of div. II of Pub. L. 117–328, set out as a note under section 2000gg of this title.