(d) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon written request of the 
at-risk individual, the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts is authorized to 
make any notice or request required or authorized 
by this section on behalf of the at-risk individual. 
The Director may delegate this authority under sec-
tion 602(d) of title 28, United States Code. Any no-
tice or request made under this subsection shall be 
deemed to have been made by the at-risk individual 
and compliant with the notice and request require-
ments of this section. 
(2) LIST.—In lieu of individual notices or re-
quests, the Director may provide government agen-
cies, State and local governments, data brokers, per-
sons, businesses, or associations with a list of at-risk 
individuals and their immediate family for the pur-
pose of maintaining compliance with this section. 
Such list shall be deemed to comply with individual 
notice and request requirements of this section. 
(e) REDRESS AND PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An at-risk individual or im-
mediate family member whose personally identifiable 
information is made public as a result of a violation 
of this Act may bring an action seeking injunctive 
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or declaratory relief in any court of competent juris-
diction. If the court grants injunctive or declaratory 
relief, the person, business, or association respon-
sible for the violation shall be required to pay the at- 
risk individual’s or immediate family member’s costs 
and reasonable attorney’s fees. 
(2) PENALTIES AND DAMAGES.—Upon a know-
ing and willful violation of any order granting in-
junctive or declarative relief obtained pursuant to 
this subsection, the court issuing such order may— 
(A) if the violator is a public entity, impose 
a fine not exceeding $4,000 and require the 
payment of court costs and reasonable attor-
ney’s fees; 
(B) if the violator is a person, business, as-
sociation, or private agency, award damages to 
the affected at-risk individual or immediate 
family in an amount up to a maximum of 3 
times the actual damages, but not less than 
$10,000, and require the payment of court 
costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. 
SEC. 6. TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Federal 
judiciary such sums as may be necessary for biannual judi-
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cial security training for active, senior, or recalled Federal 
judges and their immediate family, including— 
(1) best practices for using social media and 
other forms of online engagement and for maintain-
ing online privacy; 
(2) home security program and maintenance; 
(3) understanding removal programs and re-
quirements for personally identifiable information; 
(4) any other judicial security training that the 
United States Marshals Services and the Adminis-
trative Office of the United States Courts deter-
mines is relevant. 
SEC. 7. VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) 
VULNERABILITY
MANAGEMENT
CAPA-
BILITY.—The Federal judiciary is authorized to per-
form all necessary functions consistent with the pro-
visions of this Act, and to support existing threat 
management capabilities within the United States 
Marshals Service and other relevant Federal law en-
forcement and security agencies. Such functions may 
include— 
(A) monitor the protection of at-risk indi-
viduals and judiciary assets; 
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(B) manage the monitoring of websites for 
personally identifiable information of at-risk in-
dividuals or immediate family and remove or 
limit the publication of such information; and 
(C) receive, review, and analyze complaints 
by at-risk individuals of threats, whether direct 
or indirect, and report to law enforcement part-
ners. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 604(a) of title 28, United States 
Code is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (23), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (24) as 
paragraph (25); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph 23 the 
following: 
‘‘(24) Establish and administer a vulnerability 
management program in the judicial branch; and’’. 
(b) EXPANSION
OF CAPABILITIES
OF OFFICE
OF 
PROTECTIVE INTELLIGENCE.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the United 
States Marshals Service to expand the current capabilities 
of the Office of Protective Intelligence of the Judicial Se-
curity Division to increase the workforce of the Office of 
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Protective Intelligence to include additional intelligence 
analysts, United States deputy marshals, and any other 
relevant personnel to ensure that the Office of Protective 
Intelligence is ready and able to perform all necessary 
functions, consistent with the provisions of this Act, in 
order to anticipate and deter threats to the judiciary, in-
cluding— 
(1) assigning personnel to State and major 
urban area fusion and intelligence centers for the 
specific purpose of identifying potential threats 
against the judiciary, and coordination of responses 
to potential threats; 
(2) expanding the use of investigative analysts, 
physical security specialists, and intelligence analysts 
at the 94 judicial districts and territories to enhance 
the management of local and distant threats and in-
vestigations; and 
(3) increasing the number of United States 
Marshal Service personnel for the protection of the 
judicial function and assigned to protective oper-
ations and details for the judiciary. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Depart-
ment of Justice, in consultation with the Adminis-
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trative Office of the United States Courts, shall sub-
mit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives a report on the security of Federal 
judges arising from the Federal prosecutions and 
civil litigation. 
(2) DESCRIPTION.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall describe— 
(A) the number and nature of threats and 
assaults against at-risk individuals handling 
prosecutions and other matters described in 
paragraph (1) and the reporting requirements 
and methods; 
(B) the security measures that are in place 
to protect the at-risk individuals handling pros-
ecutions described in paragraph (1), including 
threat assessments, response procedures, avail-
ability of security systems and other devices, 
firearms licensing such as deputations, and 
other measures designed to protect the at-risk 
individuals and immediate family of an at-risk 
individual; and 
(C) for each requirement, measure, or pol-
icy described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
when the requirement, measure, or policy was 
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developed and who was responsible for devel-
oping and implementing the requirement, meas-
ure, or policy. 
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstance is held to be un-
constitutional, the remainder of this Act and the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstance shall 
not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect upon the date of enactment 
of this Act, except for subsections (b)(1), (c), and (e) of 
section 5, which shall take effect on the date that is 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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