Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 520 (Introduced in Senate) — To strengthen Federal consumer protection and product traceability with respect to commercially marketed seafood, and... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Authority of States

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Whenever the attorney general of a State, or an official or agency designated by a State, has reason to believe that any person has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice of seafood fraud in violation of subsection

(b)or

(c)of section 3, the State may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents to enjoin fraud, an action to recover for actual monetary loss or receive $10,000 in damages for each violation, or both such actions. If the court finds the defendant willfully or knowingly violated this Act, the court may, in its discretion, increase the amount of the award to an amount equal to not more than 3 times the amount available under the preceding sentence. Nothing in this section shall preclude an individual from bringing a civil action.