§ 1681u.
(i)
Reports to Congress
(1)
On a semiannual basis, the Attorney General shall fully inform the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate concerning all requests made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(2)
In the case of the semiannual reports required to be submitted under paragraph (1) to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the submittal dates for such reports shall be as provided in
(j)
Damages
Any agency or department of the United States obtaining or disclosing any consumer reports, records, or information contained therein in violation of this section is liable to the consumer to whom such consumer reports, records, or information relate in an amount equal to the sum of—
(1)
$100, without regard to the volume of consumer reports, records, or information involved;
(2)
any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the disclosure;
(3)
if the violation is found to have been willful or intentional, such punitive damages as a court may allow; and
(4)
in the case of any successful action to enforce liability under this subsection, the costs of the action, together with reasonable attorney fees, as determined by the court.
([Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 626], formerly § 624, as added [Pub. L. 104–93, title VI, § 601(a)], Jan. 6, 1996, [109 Stat. 974]; renumbered § 625 and amended [Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 358(g)(1)(A)], title V, § 505(c), Oct. 26, 2001, [115 Stat. 327], 366; [Pub. L. 107–306, title VIII, § 811(b)(8)(B)], Nov. 27, 2002, [116 Stat. 2426]; renumbered § 626, [Pub. L. 108–159, title II, § 214(a)(1)], Dec. 4, 2003, [117 Stat. 1980]; [Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 116(b)], Mar. 9, 2006, [120 Stat. 214]; [Pub. L. 109–178, § 4(c)(1)], Mar. 9, 2006, [120 Stat. 280]; [Pub. L. 114–23, title V], §§ 501(c), 502(c), 503(c), June 2, 2015, [129 Stat. 282], 285, 290.)