§ 2255.
(a)
In General.—
Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains or liquidated damages in the amount of $150,000, and the cost of the action, including reasonable attorney’s fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. The court may also award punitive damages and such other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.
(Added [Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title VII, § 703(a)]], Oct. 18, 1986, [100 Stat. 1783–39], 1783–74, and [Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title VII, § 703(a)]], Oct. 30, 1986, [100 Stat. 3341–39], 3341–74; amended [Pub. L. 105–314, title VI, § 605], Oct. 30, 1998, [112 Stat. 2984]; [Pub. L. 109–248, title VII, § 707(b)], (c), July 27, 2006, [120 Stat. 650]; [Pub. L. 113–4, title XII, § 1212(a)], Mar. 7, 2013, [127 Stat. 143]; [Pub. L. 115–126, title I, § 102], Feb. 14, 2018, [132 Stat. 319]; [Pub. L. 117–176, § 2], Sept. 16, 2022, [136 Stat. 2108].)