{"description":"Documents matching 'requires agencies adjust publish their'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=requires+agencies+adjust+publish+their&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"No Adjustment to Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is publishing this notice (\"Notice\") pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (\"2015 Act\"). This Act requires all agencies to annually adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under the statutes administered by the agency and publish the adjusted amounts in the Federal Register. This Notice informs the public that, in accordance with the April 17, 2026, guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (\"OMB\"), there will be no inflation adjustment for 2026. The maximum inflation-adjusted civil monetary penalty amounts published in January 2025 for penalties under the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\"), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\"), the Investment Company Act of 1940 (\"Investment Company Act\"), the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (\"Advisers Act\"), and certain penalties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will continue to apply to all civil monetary penalties imposed after January 15, 2025, for violations of the aforementioned statutes that occurred after November 2, 2015.","document_number":"2026-13629","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13629/no-adjustment-to-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13629.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13629.pdf?1783341907","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (“2015 Act”). This Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> all <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to annually <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> for inflation the civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under the statutes administered by the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> and <span class=\"match\">publish</span> the <span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> amounts in the \n Federal Register \n . This Notice informs the public that, in accordance with the April 17, 2026, guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), there will be no inflation <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> for 2026. The maximum inflation-<span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> civil monetary penalty amounts <span class=\"match\">published</span> in January"},{"title":"Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2026","type":"Rule","abstract":"As required by statute, the Department of Labor annually publishes a final rule updating the civil monetary penalties it assesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) did not publish its October 2025 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) data due to a lapse in funding. Because the relevant law requires that annual penalty adjustments be based specifically on October CPI-U data--with no alternative calculation allowed--the 2026 adjustment is cancelled entirely.","document_number":"2026-10456","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/27/2026-10456/department-of-labor-federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment-act-annual-adjustments-for-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-27/pdf/2026-10456.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10456.pdf?1779799509","publication_date":"2026-05-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Employment and Training Administration","name":"Employment and Training Administration","id":133,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employment-and-training-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/133","parent_id":271,"slug":"employment-and-training-administration"},{"raw_name":"Office of Workers' Compensation Programs","name":"Workers' Compensation Programs Office","id":530,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/workers-compensation-programs-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/530","parent_id":271,"slug":"workers-compensation-programs-office"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"},{"raw_name":"Wage and Hour Division","name":"Wage and Hour Division","id":524,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/wage-and-hour-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/524","parent_id":271,"slug":"wage-and-hour-division"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"},{"raw_name":"Mine Safety and Health Administration","name":"Mine Safety and Health Administration","id":288,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/mine-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/288","parent_id":271,"slug":"mine-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, sec. 701 (Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act), which further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990 as previously amended by the 1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act, to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act <span class=\"match\">required</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to (1) <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> the level of civil monetary penalties with an initial “catch-up” <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> through an interim final rule (IFR);"},{"title":"Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment","type":"Notice","abstract":"As required by Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby publishes notice that civil monetary penalties will not be adjusted for inflation for 2026 and will remain at the levels set for 2025.","document_number":"2026-10206","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/21/2026-10206/civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-21/pdf/2026-10206.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10206.pdf?1779281117","publication_date":"2026-05-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"(Nov. 2, 2015), entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. § 2461 note) (Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act) to <span class=\"match\">require</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">publish</span> regulations <span class=\"match\">adjusting</span> the amount of civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> not later than January 15th of every year. In accordance with the 2015 Act, the amount of the <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> is based on the percent increase between the Consumer Price Index"},{"title":"Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties","type":"Rule","abstract":"Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) imposed new maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts for infractions of agency rules, and required federal agencies that impose CMPs to adjust these new maximum figures annually for inflation. This final rule adopts without change the regulatory text in the interim final rule that we published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2016.","document_number":"2026-11585","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/10/2026-11585/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-10/pdf/2026-11585.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11585.pdf?1781009110","publication_date":"2026-06-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act),\n 1 \n \n placed requirements on Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> that impose CMPs, including: 1) <span class=\"match\">adjusting</span> the maximum level of CMPs via an initial “catch-up” <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span>, which was to be codified by interim final regulations to be effective no later than August 1, 2016; and 2) <span class=\"match\">adjusting</span> the penalties for inflation annually.\n 2 \n \n \n \n \n 1 \n  Public Law 114-74, 129 Stat. 584, 599.\n \n \n \n \n 2 \n  Previously, the law <span class=\"match\">required</span> each <span class=\"match\">agency</span> to make inflationary <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> for all applicable"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the collection of information entitled, \"Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements.\"","document_number":"2025-23474","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23474/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-required-warnings-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-19/pdf/2025-23474.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23474.pdf?1766065529","publication_date":"2025-12-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"Administration (FDA or <span class=\"match\">Agency</span>) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span>. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal <span class=\"match\">Agencies</span> are <span class=\"match\">required</span> to <span class=\"match\">publish</span> notice in the \n Federal Register \n concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the collection of information entitled, “<span class=\"match\">Required</span> Warnings for Cigarette"},{"title":"Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). The 2015 Act requires that agencies adjust and publish their new civil penalties by January 15 each year.","document_number":"2025-00630","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00630/inflation-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00630.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00630.pdf?1736775932","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","id":178,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-maritime-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/178","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-maritime-commission"}],"excerpts":"final rule to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). The 2015 Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> that <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> and <span class=\"match\">publish</span> their new civil penalties by January 15 each year. \n \n \n DATES: \n This rule is effective January 15, 2025. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n David Eng, Secretary; Phone: (202) 523-5725; Email: \n Secretary@fmc.gov. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n \n This rule <span class=\"match\">adjusts</span> the civil monetary"},{"title":"Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission or FMC)'s civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. The FMC is generally required by statute to annually adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty amounts subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), however, the FMC will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels due to the absence of a cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.","document_number":"2026-10996","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/02/2026-10996/inflation-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-02/pdf/2026-10996.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10996.pdf?1780317920","publication_date":"2026-06-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION","name":"Federal Maritime Commission","id":178,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-maritime-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/178","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-maritime-commission"}],"excerpts":"Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015, § 701(b)(1)(A) (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. 2461 note).\n \n \n \n \n 2 \n  OMB Memorandum M-16-06, \n Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 \n (Feb. 24, 2016), guided <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> on initial “catch-up” <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> requirements, and subsequent memoranda, including, for example, M-24-07, guided <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> on annual <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> requirements.\n \n \n \n On April 17, 2026, OMB issued memorandum M-26-11, \n Cancellation of Penalty Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustments</span> for 2026"},{"title":"No Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. PBGC is generally required by statute to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty for failure to provide certain notices or other material information and for failure to provide certain multiemployer plan notices. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), PBGC will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.","document_number":"2026-09334","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/12/2026-09334/no-adjustment-of-civil-penalties-for-inflation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-12/pdf/2026-09334.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09334.pdf?1778503522","publication_date":"2026-05-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION","name":"Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation","id":405,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/405","parent_id":null,"slug":"pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation"}],"excerpts":"specified amount nor subject to a specified maximum amount.\n \n \n No <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> of Civil Penalties for 2026 \n \n The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015,\n 2 \n \n <span class=\"match\">requires</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> civil monetary penalties for inflation and to <span class=\"match\">publish</span> the <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> in the \n Federal Register \n . An initial <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> was <span class=\"match\">required</span> to be made by the interim final rule <span class=\"match\">published</span> by July 1, 2016, and effective by August 1, 2016. Subsequent <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> must be <span class=\"match\">published</span> by January 15 of each year after 2016.\n \n \n \n 2 \n  Sec. 701,"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Patent Term Extension and Adjustment","type":"Notice","abstract":"The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter \"USPTO\" or \"Agency\"), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on the extension and revision of an existing information collection: 0651-0020 (Patent Term Extension and Adjustment). The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comments preceding submission of the information collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB).","document_number":"2025-20243","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/19/2025-20243/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-19/pdf/2025-20243.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20243.pdf?1763473508","publication_date":"2025-11-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Patent and Trademark Office","name":"Patent and Trademark Office","id":402,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/patent-and-trademark-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/402","parent_id":54,"slug":"patent-and-trademark-office"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice of information collection; request for comments. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereafter “USPTO” or “<span class=\"match\">Agency</span>”), as <span class=\"match\">required</span> by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites comments on the extension and revision of an existing information collection: 0651-0020 (Patent Term Extension and <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span>). The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comments preceding submission of the information collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB). \n \n \n DATES: \n To ensure consideration, comments"},{"title":"Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Small Business Administration (SBA) is amending its regulations to adjust for inflation the amount of certain civil monetary penalties that are within the jurisdiction of the agency. These adjustments comply with the requirement in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, to make annual adjustments to the penalties.","document_number":"2025-09833","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/03/2025-09833/civil-monetary-penalties-inflation-adjustments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-03/pdf/2025-09833.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09833.pdf?1748868308","publication_date":"2025-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION","name":"Small Business Administration","id":468,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/small-business-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/468","parent_id":null,"slug":"small-business-administration"}],"excerpts":"the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act), Public Law 114-74, 129 Stat. 584, was enacted. This act amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990, Public Law 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (the 1990 Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act), to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The 2015 Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act <span class=\"match\">required</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to issue a final rule by August 1, 2016, to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> the level of civil monetary penalties with"},{"title":"Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) requires us to annually adjust the level of CMPs for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and provide notice concerning these new amounts. We are providing notice that we will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels as applicable through January 14, 2027.","document_number":"2026-11050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11050/notice-on-penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11050.pdf?1780404311","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Social Security Administration","name":"Social Security Administration","id":470,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/social-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/470","parent_id":null,"slug":"social-security-administration"}],"excerpts":" pursuant to the 2015 Act,\n 1 \n \n we <span class=\"match\">published</span> an interim final rule to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> the level of CMPs under Sections 1129 and 1140 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-8 and 1320b-10, respectively, with an initial “catch-up” <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> effective August 1, 2016.\n 2 \n \n We announced in the interim final rule that for any future <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span>, we would <span class=\"match\">publish</span> a notice in the \n Federal Register \n to announce the new amounts. The annual inflation <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> in subsequent years must be a cost-of-living <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> based on any increases in the October"},{"title":"Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury (\"Department\" or \"Treasury\") publishes this final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (\"CMPs\") for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as \"the Act\").","document_number":"2025-10963","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-10963/inflation-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-10963.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10963.pdf?1750077911","publication_date":"2025-06-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary of the Treasury"}],"excerpts":"the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (“the Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act”), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-74) (“the 2015 Act”), <span class=\"match\">requires</span> Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> each CMP provided by law within the jurisdiction of the <span class=\"match\">agency</span>. The 2015 Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> the level of CMPs with an initial “catch-up” <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> through an interim final rulemaking and to make subsequent annual <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> for inflation, without needing to provide"},{"title":"Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act and Adjustment of Amounts for 2025","type":"Rule","abstract":"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has adopted a final rule making inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties within its jurisdiction. This final rule represents the annual 2025 inflation adjustments of monetary penalties. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.","document_number":"2025-07886","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/07/2025-07886/implementation-of-the-federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment-act-and-adjustment-of-amounts-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-07/pdf/2025-07886.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-07886.pdf?1746535508","publication_date":"2025-05-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","id":301,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-aeronautics-and-space-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/301","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-aeronautics-and-space-administration"}],"excerpts":"advance notice and opportunity for public comments.\n 6 \n \n After the initial <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> for 2016, however, the Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to make subsequent annual <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> for inflation “notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, United States Code.” Moreover, the 2025 <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> are made according to a statutory formula that does not provide for <span class=\"match\">agency</span> discretion. Accordingly, a delay in effectiveness of the 2025 <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> is not <span class=\"match\">required</span>.\n \n \n \n 6 \n  \n See \n 5 U.S.C. 533(d).\n \n \n IV. Regulatory Requirements \n Executive"},{"title":"Notice of Annual Adjustment of the Cap on Average Total Assets That Defines Community Financial Institutions","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has adjusted the cap on average total assets that is used in determining whether a Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) member qualifies as a \"community financial institution\" (CFI) to $1,541,000,000, based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Department of Labor (DOL). This change is effective as of January 1, 2026.","document_number":"2025-24208","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24208/notice-of-annual-adjustment-of-the-cap-on-average-total-assets-that-defines-community-financial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-02/pdf/2025-24208.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24208.pdf?1767188717","publication_date":"2026-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","name":"Federal Housing Finance Agency","id":174,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-housing-finance-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/174","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-housing-finance-agency"}],"excerpts":"previous <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span>. \n \n In calculating the CFI asset cap, FHFA uses CPI-U data that have not been seasonally <span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> (\n i.e., \n the data have not been <span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> to remove the estimated effect of price changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year). The DOL encourages use of unadjusted CPI-U data in applying “escalation” provisions such as that governing the CFI asset cap, because the factors that are used to seasonally <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> the data are amended annually, and seasonally <span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> data that are <span class=\"match\">published</span> earlier"},{"title":"Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) issues these final regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation. This adjustment is required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 2025 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024 (2024 final rule).","document_number":"2025-01419","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2025-01419/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2025-01419.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01419.pdf?1737062112","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"<span class=\"match\">required</span> that each <span class=\"match\">agency</span> issue regulations to <span class=\"match\">adjust</span> its CMPs beginning in 1996 and at least every four years thereafter. The Department <span class=\"match\">published</span> its most recent cost <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> to its CMPs in the \n Federal Register \n on January 25, 2024 (89 FR 4829) (2024 final rule), and those <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> became effective on the date of publication.\n \n The 2015 Act (section 701 of Pub. L. 114-74) amended the Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act to improve the effectiveness of CMPs and to maintain their deterrent effect. \n \n The 2015 Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to: (1) <span class=\"match\">adjust</span>"},{"title":"Adjustments to Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Securities and Exchange Commission (\"Commission\") is publishing this notice (\"Notice\") pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (\"2015 Act\"). This Act requires all agencies to annually adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties that can be imposed under the statutes administered by the agency and publish the adjusted amounts in the Federal Register. This Notice sets forth the annual inflation adjustment of the maximum amount of civil monetary penalties (\"CMPs\") administered by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (\"Securities Act\"), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\"Exchange Act\"), the Investment Company Act of 1940, and certain penalties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These amounts are effective beginning on January 15, 2025, and will apply to all penalties imposed after that date for violations of the aforementioned statutes that occurred after November 2, 2015.","document_number":"2025-00513","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00513/adjustments-to-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-13/pdf/2025-00513.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00513.pdf?1736516736","publication_date":"2025-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"inflation <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> formula prescribed in the DCIA with a new formula for calculating the inflation-<span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> amount of CMPs. The 2015 Act <span class=\"match\">requires</span> that <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> use this new formula to re-calculate the inflation-<span class=\"match\">adjusted</span> amounts of the penalties they administer on an annual basis and <span class=\"match\">publish</span> these new amounts in the \n Federal Register \n by January 15 of each year.\n 5 \n \n The Commission previously <span class=\"match\">published</span> the first annual <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> <span class=\"match\">required</span> by the 2015 Act on January 6, 2017 (“2017 <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span>”).\n 6 \n \n As part of the 2017 <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span>, the Commission"},{"title":"Civil Monetary Penalties-2026 Adjustment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Board is revising its previously issued final rule, which implemented the annual inflationary adjustments to the Board's civil monetary penalties, to conform to guidance subsequently received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As revised, the final rule reflects no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.","document_number":"2026-08747","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/05/2026-08747/civil-monetary-penalties-2026-adjustment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-05/pdf/2026-08747.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08747.pdf?1777898762","publication_date":"2026-05-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"excerpts":"no updated cost-of-living <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> multiplier for 2026. Memorandum from the Off. of Mgmt. &amp; Budget, M-26-11, \n Cancellation of Penalty Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustments</span> for 2026, Regarding the Fed. Civ. Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 \n (\n OMB Memo \n ) (Apr. 17, 2016), \n https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/M-26-11-Cancellation-of-Penalty-Inflation-<span class=\"match\">Adjustments</span>-for-2026-Regarding-the-Federal-Civil-Penalties-Inflation-<span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span>-Act-Improvements-Act-of-2015.pdf. \n OMB directed <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to “continue using the 2025"},{"title":"Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts in its statutes and regulations, under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.","document_number":"2026-01688","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/28/2026-01688/annual-civil-monetary-penalties-inflation-adjustment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-28/pdf/2026-01688.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01688.pdf?1769521516","publication_date":"2026-01-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"for the Heads of Executive Departments and <span class=\"match\">Agencies</span>, M-25-02, “Implementation of Penalty Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustments</span> for 2025, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015,” OMB <span class=\"match\">published</span> the multiplier for the <span class=\"match\">required</span> annual <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span>. The cost-of-living <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> multiplier for 2025, based on the CPI-U for the month of October 2024, not seasonally <span class=\"match\">adjusted</span>, is 1.02598. The multiplier is applied to each applicable penalty amount that was updated and <span class=\"match\">published</span> for fiscal year (FY) 2024 and is rounded to"},{"title":"Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2025","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule provides for 2025 inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). This rule also removes an obsolete regulation relating to the imposition of civil monetary penalties.","document_number":"2025-10519","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/12/2025-10519/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts-for-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-12/pdf/2025-10519.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10519.pdf?1749645907","publication_date":"2025-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This rule provides for 2025 inflation <span class=\"match\">adjustments</span> of civil monetary penalty amounts <span class=\"match\">required</span> by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). This rule also removes an obsolete regulation relating to the imposition of civil monetary penalties. \n \n \n DATES: \n Effective date for 2025 inflation <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span>: July 14, 2025. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Amanda Wahlig, Acting Associate"},{"title":"Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment","type":"Notice","abstract":"As required by section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby publishes its 2025 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.","document_number":"2025-00472","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/13/2025-00472/civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-13/pdf/2025-00472.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00472.pdf?1736516732","publication_date":"2025-01-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","name":"Railroad Retirement Board","id":444,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/railroad-retirement-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/444","parent_id":null,"slug":"railroad-retirement-board"}],"excerpts":"Public Law 114-74 (Nov. 2, 2015), entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) (Inflation <span class=\"match\">Adjustment</span> Act) to <span class=\"match\">require</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">publish</span> regulations <span class=\"match\">adjusting</span> the amount of civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> not later than January 15th of every year. \n For the 2025 annual <span class=\"match\">adjustment</span> for inflation of the maximum civil penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies"}]}