ceive up to $1,000 in damages for each such 
violation, whichever is greater; or 
(C) both such actions. 
(2) INTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS.—If the defend-
ant committed a violation described in paragraph 
(1), and intended to do so, the court may increase 
the amount of the award to an amount equal to not 
more than 3 times the amount available under para-
graph (1)(B). 
(3) COSTS.—The court shall award to a pre-
vailing plaintiff in an action under this subsection 
the costs of such action and reasonable attorney’s 
fees, as determined by the court. 
(4) LIMITATION.—An action may be com-
menced under this subsection not later than 2 years 
after the date on which the person first discovered 
or had a reasonable opportunity to discover the vio-
lation. 
(5) NONEXCLUSIVE REMEDY.—The remedy pro-
vided by this subsection shall be in addition to any 
other remedies available to the person. 
(e) SUITS AGAINST GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.— 
Notwithstanding the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 41 et seq.), a suit under subsection (c) or (d) may 
be maintained against a governmental entity. 
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(f) LICENSE REVOCATION.—The Federal Aviation 
Administration shall revoke the certificate, license, or 
other grant of authority to operate an unmanned aircraft 
system if such system is operated in a manner that— 
(1) is not in accordance with the terms of— 
(A) a data collection statement submitted 
under subsection (a)(1) of section 338 of the 
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, 
as added by section 3; or 
(B) a data minimization statement sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2) of such section; 
or 
(2) violates any portion of the final rule re-
quired under section 332(b)(1) of such Act insofar 
as such portion relates to the procedures described 
in section 337 of such Act, as added by section 3. 
(g) VIOLATIONS.—Each day on which each un-
manned aircraft system is operated in violation of sub-
section (a), or the regulations promulgated under such 
subsection, or the terms of a data minimization statement 
submitted under section 338(a)(2) of the FAA Moderniza-
tion and Reform Act of 2012, as added by section 3, shall 
be treated as a separate violation. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AIR CARRIER; FOREIGN AIR CARRIER.—The 
terms ‘‘air carrier’’ and ‘‘foreign air carrier’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 40102 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The term ‘‘law en-
forcement’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 
of 2012, as amended by section 3. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 
(5) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 331 of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 
SEC. 5. MODEL AIRCRAFT PROVISION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to apply to 
model aircraft (as defined in section 336(c) of the FAA 
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 
95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note)). 
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