,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eggb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #a1 #bjad  
,mr4 ,connolly introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend section #eeb;a of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 to unequivocally 
authorize an award of provable damages1 
including damages that are not pecuniary
 damages4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safeguarding       
,individual ,privacy ,against           
,government ,invasion ,act of #bjad4    
#b4 ,civil remedies under the ,privacy  
,act ,section #eeb;a7g77#d77;,a7 of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     
amended--  7a7 by striking actual       

damages and inserting provable damages1 
including damages that are not pecuniary
 damages12 and  7b7 by striking 1 but in
 no case shall a person entitled to     
recovery receive less than the sum of   
#a1jjj and inserting or the sum of      
#a1jjj1 whichever is greater4