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 2019 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, 2018, 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 $11,181 to $11,463.
- (2) 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2), Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $11,181 to $11,463.
- (3) 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(G), False Claims Act (1986); violation, minimum from $11,181 to $11,463; maximum from $22,363 to $22,927.
(b) Bureau of Industry and Security.
- (1) 15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1), Fastener Quality Act (1990), violation, maximum from $46,192 to $47,357.
- (2) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(A), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $37,601 to $38,549.
- (3) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(l)(B), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $7,520 to $7,710.
- (4) 50 U.S.C. 1705(b), International Emergency Economic Powers Act (2007), violation, maximum from $295,141 to $302,584.
- (5) 22 U.S.C. 8142(a), United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act (2006), violation, maximum from $30,557 to $31,328.
- (6) 50 U.S.C. 4819, Export Controls Act of 2018 (2018), (new penalty), violation, maximum $300,000.
(c) 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 violation, from $1,360 to $1,394; maximum per violation, from $13,605 to $13,948.
- (2) 13 U.S.C. 305(b), Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), violation, maximum from $13,605 to $13,948.
(d) Economics and Statistics Administration.
- (1) 22 U.S.C. 3105(a), International Investment and Trade in Services Act (1990); failure to furnish information, minimum from $4,619 to $4,735; maximum from $46,192 to $47,357.
(e) International Trade Administration.
- (1) 19 U.S.C. 81s, Foreign Trade Zone (1934), violation, maximum from $2,852 to $2,924.
- (2) 19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4), U.S.-Canada FTA Protective Order (1988), violation, maximum from $205,211 to $210,386.
(f) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- (1) 51 U.S.C. 60123(a), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $11,278 to $11,562.
- (2) 51 U.S.C. 60148(c), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $11,278 to $11,562.
- (3) 16 U.S.C. 773f(a), Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (2007), violation, maximum from $236,114 to $242,069.
- (4) 16 U.S.C. 783, Sponge Act (1914), violation, maximum from $1,686 to $1,729.
(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 $84,264 to $86,389.
- (ii) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(a), maximum from $181,493 to $186,070.
- (iii) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $2,852 to $2,924.
- (iv) Subsequent violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(b), maximum from $16,853 to $17,278.
- (v) Violation of 16 U.S.C. 957(c), maximum from $362,986 to $372,141.
- (6) 16 U.S.C. 957(i), Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 1 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (7) 16 U.S.C. 959, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, 2 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (8) 16 U.S.C. 971f(a), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, 3 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (9) 16 U.S.C. 973f(a), South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (1988), violation, maximum from $513,026 to $525,965.
- (10) 16 U.S.C. 1174(b), Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983 (1983), violation, maximum from $24,421 to 25,037.
- (11) 16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1), Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (1972), violation, maximum from $28,520 to $29,239.
- (12) 16 U.S.C. 1385(e), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, 4 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (13) 16 U.S.C. 1437(d)(1), National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), violation, maximum from $173,951 to $178,338.
(14) 16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1), Endangered Species Act of 1973:
- (i) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $51,302 to $52,596.
- (ii) Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $24,625 to $25,246.
- (iii) Otherwise violation (1978), maximum from $1,686 to $1,729.
- (15) 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (16) 16 U.S.C. 2437(a), Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, 5 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (17) 16 U.S.C. 2465(a), Antarctic Protection Act of 1990, 6 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
(18) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a), Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (1981):
- (i) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1), violation, maximum from $26,409 to $27,075.
- (ii) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(2), violation, maximum from $660 to $677.
- (19) 16 U.S.C. 3606(b)(1), Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982, 7 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (20) 16 U.S.C. 3637(b), Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, 8 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (21) 16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B), Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (1986); violation, minimum from $1,118 to $1,146; maximum from $11,181 to $11,463.
- (22) 16 U.S.C. 5010, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, 9 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (23) 16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2), Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 10 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (24) 16 U.S.C. 5154(c)(1), Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, 11 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (25) 16 U.S.C. 5507(a), High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 (1995), violation, maximum from $160,484 to $164,531.
- (26) 16 U.S.C. 5606(b), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, 12 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427
- (27) 16 U.S.C. 6905(c), Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, 13 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (28) 16 U.S.C. 7009(c) and (d), Pacific Whiting Act of 2006, 14 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
(29) 22 U.S.C. 1978(e), Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):
- (i) Violation, maximum from $28,520 to $29,239.
- (ii) Subsequent violation, maximum from $84,264 to $86,389.
- (30) 30 U.S.C. 1462(a), Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), violation, maximum, from $72,718 to $74,552.
- (31) 42 U.S.C. 9152(c), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (1980), violation, maximum from $72,718 to $74,552.
- (32) 16 U.S.C. 1827a, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012, 15 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (33) 16 U.S.C. 7407(b), Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015, 16 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (34) 16 U.S.C. 1826g(f), High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, 17 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (35) 16 U.S.C. 7705, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 18 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
- (36) 16 U.S.C. 7805, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act, 19 violation, maximum from $184,767 to $189,427.
1 This 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 (item (15)).
2 See footnote 1.
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