; (3) in the sentence beginning No employees shall , by striking No employees and inserting Except with respect to class actions brought to enforce section 6(d), no employee ; (4) by inserting after the sentence referred to in paragraph (3), the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, any action brought to enforce section 6(d) may be maintained as a class action as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ; and (5) in the sentence beginning The court in — (A) by striking in such action and inserting in any action brought to recover the liability prescribed in any of the preceding sentences of this subsection ; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: , including expert fees . (e) Action by the Secretary Section 16(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 216(c) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by inserting or, in the case of a violation of section 6(d), additional compensatory or punitive damages, as described in subsection (b), before and the agreement ; and (B) by inserting before the period the following: , or such compensatory or punitive damages, as appropriate ; (2) in the second sentence, by inserting before the period the following: and, in the case of a violation of section 6(d), additional compensatory or punitive damages, as described in subsection (b) ; and (3) in the third sentence, by striking the first sentence and inserting the first or second sentence . (f) Enforcement authority (1) In general The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission shall carry out the functions and authorities described in section 1 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 (92 Stat. 3781