U.S.C. 2102) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION
REGARDING
BENEFITS
AND 
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES.—Concurrent with 
or immediately after providing the notice required under 
subsection (a)(1), an employer shall provide affected em-
ployees with information regarding the benefits and serv-
ices available to such employees, as described in the guide 
compiled by the Secretary under section 12. 
‘‘(f) DOL NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—As soon as prac-
ticable and not later than 15 days after receiving notifica-
tion under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall 
notify the appropriate Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives who represent the area or areas 
where the plant closing or mass layoff is to occur.’’. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) AMOUNT.—Section 5(a)(1) of the Worker 
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 
U.S.C. 2104(a)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end thereof; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (D); 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(B) interest on the amount described in 
subparagraph (A) calculated at the prevailing 
rate; 
‘‘(C) an additional amount as liquidated 
damages equal to the sum of the amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) and the interest 
described in subparagraph (B); and’’; and 
(D) in the matter following subparagraph 
(B), by striking ‘‘for the period of the violation, 
up to a maximum of 60 days’’ and inserting 
‘‘for the number of workdays that an affected 
employee would have worked during the period 
of the violation, up to a maximum of 90 days’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION.—Section 5(a)(4) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘re-
duce the amount of the liability or penalty provided 
for in this section’’ and inserting ‘‘reduce the 
amount of the liability under subparagraph (C) of 
paragraph (1) and reduce the amount of the penalty 
provided for in paragraph (3)’’. 
(3) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINT.—Section 
5(a)(5) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(5)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may sue,’’ and inserting 
‘‘may,’’; 
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(B) by inserting after ‘‘both,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(A) file a complaint with the Secretary 
alleging a violation of section 3, or (B) bring 
suit’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘A person seeking to en-
force such liability may use one or both of the 
enforcement mechanisms described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B).’’. 
(4) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.—Section 5 of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 2104) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(b) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.—The Secretary 
shall receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve 
complaints of violations of section 3 by an employer 
in the same manner that the Secretary receives, in-
vestigates, and attempts to resolve complaints of vio-
lations of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206 and 207). 
‘‘(2) SUBPOENA POWERS.—For the purposes of 
any investigation provided for in this section, the 
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Secretary shall have the subpoena authority provided 
for under section 9 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 209). 
‘‘(3) CIVIL ACTION.—The Secretary may bring 
an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to 
recover on behalf of an employee the backpay, inter-
est, benefits, and liquidated damages described in 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) SUMS RECOVERED.—Any sums recovered 
by the Secretary on behalf of an employee under 
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of section 5(a)(1) 
shall be held in a special deposit account and shall 
be paid, on order of the Secretary, directly to each 
employee affected. Any such sums not paid to an 
employee because of inability to do so within a pe-
riod of 3 years, and any sums recovered by the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (C) of section 5(a)(1), 
shall be credited as an offsetting collection to the ap-
propriations account of the Secretary of Labor for 
expenses for the administration of this Act and shall 
remain available to the Secretary until expended. 
‘‘(5) ACTION
TO
COMPEL
RELIEF
BY
SEC-
RETARY.—The district courts of the United States 
shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, over an ac-
tion brought by the Secretary to restrain the with-
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holding of payment of back pay, interest, benefits, or 
other compensation, plus interest, found by the court 
to be due to employees under this Act. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS PERIOD.—An action may be 
brought under this section not later than 2 years 
after the date of the last event constituting the al-
leged violation for which the action is brought. 
‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT.—In determining when 
an action is commenced under this section for the 
purposes of paragraph (1), it shall be considered to 
be commenced on the date on which the complaint 
is filed. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON PRIVATE ACTION WHILE 
ACTION OF SECRETARY IS PENDING.—If the Sec-
retary has instituted an enforcement action or pro-
ceeding under subsection (b), an individual employee 
may not bring an action under subsection (a) during 
the pendency of the proceeding against any person 
with respect to whom the Secretary has instituted 
the proceeding.’’. 
(d) POSTING OF NOTICES; PENALTIES.—Section 11 
of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
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