15 CFR § 6.3 - Adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.

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§ 6.3 Adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.

The civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, as set forth in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section, are hereby adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, from the amounts of such civil monetary penalties that were in effect as of January 15, 2022, to the amounts of such civil monetary penalties, as thus adjusted. The year stated in parenthesis represents the year that the civil monetary penalty was last set by law or adjusted by law (excluding adjustments for inflation).

(a) United States Department of Commerce.

(1) 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1), Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $12,537 to $13,508.

(2) 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2), Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $12,537 to $13,508.

(3) 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(G), False Claims Act (1986); violation, minimum from $12,537 to $13,508; maximum from $25,076 to $27,018.

(b) Bureau of Economic Analysis. 22 U.S.C. 3105(a), International Investment and Trade in Services Act (1990); failure to furnish information, minimum from $5,179 to $5,580; maximum from $51,796 to $55,808.

(1) 15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1), Fastener Quality Act (1990), violation, maximum from $51,796 to $55,808.

(2) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(A), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $42,163 to $45,429.

(3) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(l)(B), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $8,433 to $9,086.

(4) 50 U.S.C. 1705(b), International Emergency Economic Powers Act (2007), violation, maximum from $330,947 to $356,579.

(5) 22 U.S.C. 8142(a), United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act (2006), violation, maximum from $34,265 to $36,919.

(6) 50 U.S.C. 4819, Export Controls Act of 2018 (2018), violation, maximum from $328,121 to $353,534.

(d) Census Bureau.

(1) 13 U.S.C. 304, Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), each day's delinquency of a violation; total of not to exceed maximum per violation, from $1,525 to $1,643; maximum per violation, from $15,256 to $16,438.

(2) 13 U.S.C. 305(b), Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), violation, maximum from $15,256 to $16,438.

(e) International Trade Administration.

(1) 19 U.S.C. 81s, Foreign Trade Zone (1934), violation, maximum from $3,198 to $3,446.

(2) 19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4), U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement Protective Order (1988), violation, maximum from $230,107 to $247,929.

(f) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(1) 51 U.S.C. 60123(a), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $12,646 to $13,625.

(2) 51 U.S.C. 60148(c), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $12,646 to $13,625.

(3) 16 U.S.C. 773f(a), Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (2007), violation, maximum from $264,759 to $285,265.

(4) 16 U.S.C. 783, Sponge Act (1914), violation, maximum from $1,891 to $2,037.

(5) 16 U.S.C. 957(d), (e), and (f), Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (1962):

(i) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(a), maximum from $94,487 to $101,805.

(ii) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(a), maximum from $203,511 to $219,273.

(iii) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $3,198 to $3,446.

(iv) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $18,898 to $20,362.

(v) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(c), maximum from $407,024 to $438,548.

(6) 16 U.S.C. 957(i), Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 1 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(7) 16 U.S.C. 959, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 2 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(8) 16 U.S.C. 971f(a), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, 3 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(9) 16 U.S.C. 973f(a), South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (1988), violation, maximum from $575,266 to $619,820.

(10) 16 U.S.C. 1174(b), Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983 (1983), violation, maximum from $27,384 to $29,505.

(11) 16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1), Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (1972), violation, maximum from $31,980 to $34,457.

(12) 16 U.S.C. 1385(e), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, 4 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(13) 16 U.S.C. 1437(d)(1), National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), violation, maximum from $195,054 to $210,161.

(14) 16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1), Endangered Species Act of 1973:

(i) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $57,527 to $61,982.

(ii) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $27,612 to $29,751.

(iii) Otherwise violation (1978), maximum from $1,891 to $2,037.

(15) 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(16) 16 U.S.C. 2437(a), Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, 5 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(17) 16 U.S.C. 2465(a), Antarctic Protection Act of 1990, 6 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(18) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a), Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (1981):

(i) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1), violation, maximum from $29,614 to $31,908.

(ii) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(2), violation, maximum from $740 to $797.

(19) 16 U.S.C. 3606(b)(1), Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982, 7 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(20) 16 U.S.C. 3637(b), Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, 8 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(21) 16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B), Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (1986); violation, minimum from $1,253 to $1,350; maximum from $12,537 to $13,508.

(22) 16 U.S.C. 5010, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, 9 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(23) 16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2), Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 10 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(24) 16 U.S.C. 5154(c)(1), Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 11 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(25) 16 U.S.C. 5507(a), High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 (1995), violation, maximum from $179,953 to $193,890.

(26) 16 U.S.C. 5606(b), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, 12 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(27) 16 U.S.C. 6905(c), Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, 13 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(28) 16 U.S.C. 7009(c) and (d), Pacific Whiting Act of 2006, 14 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(29) 22 U.S.C. 1978(e), Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):

(i) Violation, maximum from $31,980 to $34,457.

(ii) Subsequent violation, maximum from $94,487 to $101,805.

(30) 30 U.S.C. 1462(a), Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), violation, maximum, from $81,540 to $87,855.

(31) 42 U.S.C. 9152(c), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (1980), violation, maximum from $81,540 to $87,855.

(32) 16 U.S.C. 1827a, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012, 15 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(33) 16 U.S.C. 7407(b), Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015, 16 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(34) 16 U.S.C. 1826g(f), High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, 17 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(35) 16 U.S.C. 7705, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 18 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(36) 16 U.S.C. 7805, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 19 violation, maximum from $207,183 to $223,229.

(g) National Technical Information Service. 42 U.S.C. 1306c(c), Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (2013), violation, minimum from $1,075 to $1,158; maximum total penalty on any person for any calendar year, excluding willful or intentional violations, from $268,694 to $289,504.

(h) Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. 15 U.S.C. 113, Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2018, (newly reported penalty), violation, maximum $5,000.

1 This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maximum civil monetary penalty, as prescribed by law, is the maximum civil monetary penalty per 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act civil monetary penalty (paragraph (f)(15) of this section).

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