Title 15
SECTION 6.3
6.3 Adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.
§ 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 2020 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, 2020, 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 $11,665 to $11,803.
(2) 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2), Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $11,665 to $11,803.
(3) 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(G), False Claims Act (1986); violation, minimum from $11,665 to $11,803; maximum from $23,331 to $23,607.
(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 $4,819 to $4,876; maximum from $48,192 to $48,762.
(c) Bureau of Industry and Security. (1) 15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1), Fastener Quality Act (1990), violation, maximum from $48,192 to $48,762.
(2) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(A), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $39,229 to $39,693.
(3) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(l)(B), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $7,846 to $7,939.
(4) 50 U.S.C. 1705(b), International Emergency Economic Powers Act (2007), violation, maximum from $307,922 to $311,562.
(5) 22 U.S.C. 8142(a), United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act (2006), violation, maximum from $31,881 to $32,258.
(6) 50 U.S.C. 4819, Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (2018), violation, maximum from $305,292 to $308,901.
(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 $1,419 to $1,436; maximum per violation, from $14,194 to $14,362.
(2) 13 U.S.C. 305(b), Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), violation, maximum from $14,194 to $14,362.
(e) International Trade Administration. (1) 19 U.S.C. 81s, Foreign Trade Zone (1934), violation, maximum from $2,976 to $3,011.
(2) 19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4), U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement Protective Order (1988), violation, maximum from $214,097 to $216,628.
(f) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (1) 51 U.S.C. 60123(a), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $11,766 to $11,905.
(2) 51 U.S.C. 60148(c), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $11,766 to $11,905.
(3) 16 U.S.C. 773f(a), Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (2007), violation, maximum from $246,339 to $249,251.
(4) 16 U.S.C. 783, Sponge Act (1914), violation, maximum from $1,759 to $1,780.
(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 $87,913 to $88,952.
(ii) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(a), maximum from $189,352 to $191,590.
(iii) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $2,976 to $3,011.
(iv) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $17,583 to $17,791.
(v) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(c), maximum from $378,706 to $383,182.
(6) 16 U.S.C. 957(i), Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 1 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
1This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maximum civil monetary penalty, as prescribed by law, is the maximum civil penalty per 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act civil monetary penalty (paragraph (f)(15) of this section).
(7) 16 U.S.C. 959, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 2 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
2 See footnote 1.
(8) 16 U.S.C. 971f(a), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, 3 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
3 See footnote 1.
(9) 16 U.S.C. 973f(a), South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (1988), violation, maximum from $535,243 to $541,570.
(10) 16 U.S.C. 1174(b), Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983 (1983), violation, maximum from $25,479 to $25,780.
(11) 16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1), Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (1972), violation, maximum from $29,755 to $30,107.
(12) 16 U.S.C. 1385(e), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, 4 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
4 See footnote 1.
(13) 16 U.S.C. 1437(d)(1), National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), violation, maximum from $181,484 to $183,629.
(14) 16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1), Endangered Species Act of 1973:
(i) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $53,524 to $54,157.
(ii) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $25,691 to $25,995.
(iii) Otherwise violation (1978), maximum from $1,759 to $1,780.
(15) 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
(16) 16 U.S.C. 2437(a), Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, 5 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
5 See footnote 1.
(17) 16 U.S.C. 2465(a), Antarctic Protection Act of 1990, 6 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
6 See footnote 1.
(18) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a), Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (1981):
(i) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1), violation, maximum from $27,553 to $27,879.
(ii) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(2), violation, maximum from $689 to $697.
(19) 16 U.S.C. 3606(b)(1), Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982, 7 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $194,047.
7 See footnote 1.
(20) 16 U.S.C. 3637(b), Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, 8 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
8 See footnote 1.
(21) 16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B), Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (1986); violation, minimum from $1,166 to $1,180; maximum from $11,665 to $11,803.
(22) 16 U.S.C. 5010, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, 9 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
9 See footnote 1.
(23) 16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2), Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 10 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
10 See footnote 1.
(24) 16 U.S.C. 5154(c)(1), Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 11 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
11 See footnote 1.
(25) 16 U.S.C. 5507(a), High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 (1995), violation, maximum from $167,433 to $169,412.
(26) 16 U.S.C. 5606(b), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, 12 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
12 See footnote 1.
(27) 16 U.S.C. 6905(c), Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, 13 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
13 See footnote 1.
(28) 16 U.S.C. 7009(c) and (d), Pacific Whiting Act of 2006, 14 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
14 See footnote 1.
(29) 22 U.S.C. 1978(e), Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):
(i) Violation, maximum from $29,755 to $30,107.
(ii) Subsequent violation, maximum from $87,913 to $88,952.
(30) 30 U.S.C. 1462(a), Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), violation, maximum, from $75,867 to $76,764.
(31) 42 U.S.C. 9152(c), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (1980), violation, maximum from $75,867 to $76,764.
(32) 16 U.S.C. 1827a, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012, 15 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
15 See footnote 1.
(33) 16 U.S.C. 7407(b), Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015, 16 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
16 See footnote 1.
(34) 16 U.S.C. 1826g(f), High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, 17 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
17 See footnote 1.
(35) 16 U.S.C. 7705, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 18 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
18 See footnote 1.
(36) 16 U.S.C. 7805, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 19 violation, maximum from $192,768 to $195,047.
19 See footnote 1.
(g) National Technical Information Service. 42 U.S.C. 1306c(c), Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (2013), violation, minimum from $1,000 to $1,012; maximum total penalty on any person for any calendar year, excluding willful or intentional violations from $250,000 to $252,955.