by section 4 of the Fraudulent Overseas Recruit-
ment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013, as 
well as a notation of whether the foreign labor re-
cruiter is registered pursuant section 6 of that 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 9. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
(a) OVERSEAS AVAILABILITY OF FOREIGN LABOR 
CONTRACTOR LISTS.—The Secretary of State shall make 
the lists required by section 7(a) publicly available in writ-
ten form at, and on the websites of, each United States 
diplomatic and consular post in the official language of 
the host country. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE COM-
PLAINTS OVERSEAS.—The Secretary of State shall— 
(1) designate personnel at each such post who 
are responsible for receiving information regarding 
alleged violations of this Act by foreign labor con-
tractors, and for conveying such information to the 
Secretary of Labor for potential use in a complaint 
or investigation pursuant to section 10; and 
(2) make publicly available on the website of 
each such post, in the official language of the host 
country, information on how to contact the per-
sonnel designated at that mission pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
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SEC. 10. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS. 
(a) COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—The Sec-
retary— 
(1) shall establish a process for the receipt, in-
vestigation, and disposition of complaints filed by 
any person regarding the compliance of any em-
ployer or foreign labor contractor with this Act; and 
(2) either pursuant to the process required by 
paragraph (1) or otherwise, may investigate employ-
ers or foreign labor contractors, including actions oc-
curring in a foreign country, as necessary to deter-
mine compliance with this Act. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A worker who believes that 
he or she has suffered harm from a violation of sec-
tion 4 or 5 may seek relief from an employer or for-
eign labor contractor by— 
(A) filing a complaint with the Secretary 
within 3 years after the date on which the viola-
tion occurred or date on which the worker be-
came aware of the violation; or 
(B) if the Secretary has not issued a final 
decision within 120 days of the filing of the 
complaint and there is no showing that such 
delay is due to the bad faith of the claimant, 
bringing an action at law or equity for de novo 
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review in the appropriate district court of the 
United States, which shall have jurisdiction 
over such an action without regard to the 
amount in controversy. 
(2) PROCEDURE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise pro-
vided herein, a complaint under paragraph 
(1)(A) shall be governed under the rules and 
procedures set forth in paragraphs (1) and 
(2)(A) of section 42121(b) of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—Notification of a com-
plaint under paragraph (1)(A) shall be made to 
each person or entity named in the complaint 
as a defendant and to the employer. 
(C) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—An action 
filed in a district court of the United States 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be commenced 
not later than 180 days after the last day of the 
120-day period referred to in that paragraph. 
(D) JURY TRIAL.—A party to an action 
brought under paragraph (1)(B) shall be enti-
tled to trial by jury. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary finds, after 
notice and an opportunity for a hearing, that any 
foreign labor contractor or employer failed to comply 
with any of the requirements of this Act, the Sec-
retary may impose the following against such con-
tractor or employer— 
(A) a fine in an amount not more than 
$10,000 per violation; and 
(B) upon the occasion of a third violation 
or a failure to comply with representations, a 
fine of not more than $25,000 per violation. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.—The 
Secretary is authorized to take other such actions, includ-
ing issuing subpoenas and seeking appropriate injunctive 
relief and recovery of damages, as may be necessary to 
assure compliance with the terms and conditions of this 
Act. 
(e) BONDING.—Pursuant to any bond required pur-
suant to section 6(h), bond liquidation and forfeitures 
shall be in addition to other remedies under this section 
or any other law. 
(f) CIVIL ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or any person 
aggrieved by a violation of this Act may bring a civil 
action against any foreign labor contractor that does 
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not meet the requirements under subsection (g)(2) 
in any court of competent jurisdiction— 
(A) to seek remedial action, including in-
junctive relief; 
(B) to recover damages on behalf of any 
worker harmed by a violation of section 4 or 5; 
and 
(C) to ensure compliance with require-
ments of this section. 
(2) ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY.— 
(A) SUMS RECOVERED.—Any sums recov-
ered by the Secretary on behalf of a worker 
under paragraph (1) or through liquidation of 
any bond held pursuant to section 6(h) shall be 
held in a special deposit account and shall be 
paid, on order of the Secretary, directly to each 
worker affected. Any such sums not paid to a 
worker because of inability to do so within a pe-
riod of 5 years shall be credited as an offsetting 
collection to the appropriations account of the 
Secretary for expenses for the administration of 
this section and shall remain available to the 
Secretary until expended or may be used for en-
forcement of the laws within the jurisdiction of 
the wage and hour division or may be trans-
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