42 U.S.C. § 1997d : The Public Health And Welfare — Civil Rights — Institutionalized Persons — Prohibition Of Retaliation

No person reporting conditions which may constitute a violation under this subchapter shall be subjected to retaliation in any manner for so reporting.

(Pub. L. 96–247, § 6, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 352.)