1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FCRA Liability Harmonization Act . 2. Maintaining consistency in civil liability under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for class actions (a) Willful noncompliance Section 616 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681n ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (2); (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and (C) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting and after the semicolon; (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: (d) Class action lawsuits With respect to a class action (as such term is defined in section 1711 of title 28, United States Code), or series of class actions arising out of the same failure to comply of a person, brought by consumers against a person who willfully fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this title, such person is liable to such consumers in such an amount as a court may determine, except that— (1) the court may not apply a minimum amount of damages for each member of the class; and (2) the total recovery (excluding reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court) of the class shall not exceed the lesser of— (A) $500,000