; and (2) notify the consumer to whom the covered consumer credit freeze relates not later than 10 days after such covered consumer credit freeze has been placed or removed of such placement or removal. (e) Fees (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), a consumer reporting agency described in section 603(p) may only charge a fee, not to exceed $3 (as adjusted by the Bureau on January 1st of each year to reflect proportional changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, with fractional changes rounded to the nearest 50 cents), to create a credit record, place or remove a covered consumer credit freeze on a credit record or credit file, or place or remove an alert statement. (2) Fees prohibited A consumer reporting agency described in section 603(p) may not charge a fee as described in paragraph (1) to a consumer who has been placed in a foster care setting. (f) Exceptions No provision of this section shall be construed to require a consumer reporting agency described in section 603(p) to prevent valid access to a credit record or file— (1) by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency; (2) to a person who provides a covered consumer or a covered representative with a copy of the file of the covered consumer at the request of the covered consumer or the covered representative; (3) by any child support agency acting pursuant to Federal, State, or local law; (4) by any Federal, State, or local health care department or its agents or assignees acting to investigate Medicare fraud