Fabio
76b8ec33a7
Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
42 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
42 lines
2.4 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "LegalText"
|
||
title: "42 U.S.C. § 19403"
|
||
description: "Limitation on judicial enforceability of nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to sexual assault disputes and sexual harassment disputes"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us"
|
||
corpus: "united_states_code"
|
||
kind: "code_section"
|
||
title_number: 42
|
||
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
|
||
chapter_number: "164"
|
||
chapter_name: "SPEAK OUT ACT"
|
||
section: "19403"
|
||
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19403"
|
||
status: "current"
|
||
release_point: "119-100"
|
||
release_date: "2026-06-26"
|
||
source: "official"
|
||
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip"
|
||
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s19403"
|
||
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml"
|
||
source_hash: "4bff7f939e7d52e590f0e3b0a1326d235ec55272ee6a24ebe9d82ef90368a5a6"
|
||
raw_snapshot_hash: "644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e"
|
||
text_hash: "f80c459a1c7c9fce435dac729bfd5b1b665e609eb6866a6e215dd6f78566c3b8"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
|
||
confidence: "official"
|
||
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# 42 U.S.C. § 19403 - Limitation on judicial enforceability of nondisclosure and nondisparagement contract clauses relating to sexual assault disputes and sexual harassment disputes
|
||
|
||
## Text
|
||
|
||
(a) In general With respect to a sexual assault dispute or sexual harassment dispute, no nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause agreed to before the dispute arises shall be judicially enforceable in instances in which conduct is alleged to have violated Federal, Tribal, or State law.
|
||
|
||
(b) Continued applicability of State law Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a State or locality from enforcing a provision of State law governing nondisclosure or nondisparagement clauses that is at least as protective of the right of an individual to speak freely, as provided by this chapter.
|
||
|
||
(c) Continued applicability of Federal, State, and Tribal law This chapter shall not be construed to supersede a provision of Federal, State, or Tribal Law 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. that governs the use of pseudonyms in the filing of claims involving sexual assault or sexual harassment disputes.
|
||
|
||
(d) Protection of trade secrets and proprietary information Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an employer and an employee from protecting trade secrets or proprietary information.
|
||
|
||
(Pub. L. 117–224, § 4, Dec. 7, 2022, 136 Stat. 2291.)
|