,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #digg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ad1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide a    
private cause of action for exposure of 
personally identifiable information of  
victims or victims' personal or medical 
files or similar files the disclosure of
 which would constitute a clearly       
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy
 in releasing documents under the       
,epstein ,files ,transparency ,act4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,recovery1 ,enforcement1 and       
,damages to ,assure ,confidential       
,treatment ,act or the ,,redact ,act4   
#b4 ,private cause of action for        
exposure of personally identifiable     
information of victims or victims'      
personal or medical files or similar    
files the disclosure of which would     
constitute a clearly unwarranted        

invasion of personal privacy in         
releasing documents under the ,epstein  
,files ,transparency ,act ,section #b of
 the ,epstein ,files ,transparency ,act 
7,public ,law #aai-ch2 #aci ,stat4 #fef7
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  7d7 ,private cause of action
  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3
 7,a7 ,instance ,the term instance1 with
 respect to a violation of this section1
 means each discrete act constituting a 
violation of this section4  7,b7        
,violation of this section ,the term    
violation of this section means a       
failure1 in releasing documents under   
this ,act1 to withhold or redact        
personally identifiable information of a
 victim or a personal or medical file of
 a victim or another similar file of a  
victim the disclosure of which would    
constitute a clearly unwarranted        
invasion of personal privacy4  7#b7     
,cause of action ,any person aggrieved  
by a violation of this section may bring
 a civil action against the ,united     

,states if the violation of this section
 was committed by an officer1 employee1 
or agent of the ,united ,states or of   
any ,federal department or agency4  7#c7
 ,relief  7,a7 ,in general ,if a person 
prevails on a claim under this          
subsection1 the court shall award-- 7i7 
for each instance of a violation of this
 section1 the greater of statutory      
damages of #ej1jjj or the amount of     
compensatory damages1 including damages 
for pain and suffering and emotional    
distress2  7ii7 reasonable attorney's   
fees and costs of litigation2 and  7iii7
 such injunctive or declaratory relief  
as may be appropriate4  7,b7            
,preliminary relief ,upon motion by a   
person bringing a claim under this      
subsection1 a court may award such      
preliminary injunctive relief as the    
court determines appropriate with       
respect to the claim4  7#d7 ,waiver of  
sovereign immunity ,the ,united ,states 
expressly waives sovereign immunity with
 respect to actions brought under this  

subsection4  7#e7 ,period of limitations
 ,a civil action under this subsection  
may not be commenced later than-- 7,a7  
#e years after the applicable person    
first obtains actual notice of the      
violation of this section2 or  7,b7 for 
a violation of this section with respect
 to which the applicable person first   
obtained actual notice of the violation 
of this section before the date of      
enactment of this subsection1 #e years  
after such date of enactment4  7#f7     
,applicability ,this subsection shall   
apply to any violation of this section  
occurring on or after ,november #ai1    
#bjbe4  4