. Accord Aryai, 25 F.Supp.3d at 387 (“[I]t [is] more likely that Congress deleted the word ‘employer’ not to provide for individual liability but to avoid confusion in cases involving a ‘contractor or agent' rather than an ‘employee.’ ”). 12 .In pertinent part, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(2) provides: Relief under [this section] shall include reinstatement with the same seniority status that employee, contractor, or agent would have had but for the discrimination, 2 times the amount of back pay, interest on the back pay, and compensation for any special damages sustained as a result of the discrimination, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(2) (emphasis added); see also Eberhardt v. Integrated Design & Constr., Inc., 167 F.3d 861, 872 (4th Cir. 1999) (<HOLDING>). 13 . Compare Jantzen, 386 U.S. at 234-35, 87
holding that the statute is mandatory holding that relief under  3730h is mandatory holding that exhaustion is mandatory and jurisdictional holding that application note 6 is not mandatory recognizing that exhaustion is mandatory and jurisdictional