360 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 16 / Thursday, January 24, 2019 / Notices 

1See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114thcongress/house-bill/1314/text. See also https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/ 

2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-penalties. 2https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 3See OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 1 (February 

24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16- 

06.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 4OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 3 (February 

24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ 

whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16- 

06.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 

5See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2018/01/12/2018-00487/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties. 

standing will be allowed to represent 

parties before the Copyright Royalty 

Judges. See 37 CFR 350.2. The Judges 

will address further procedural matters, 

including scheduling, after receiving 

Petitions to Participate. 

Dated: January 4, 2019. 

Suzanne M. Barnett, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2018–0070] 

Notice on Penalty Inflation 

Adjustments for Civil Monetary 

Penalties 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice announcing updated 

penalty inflation adjustments for civil 

monetary penalties for 2019. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration is giving notice of its 

updated maximum civil monetary 

penalties. These amounts are effective 

from January 15, 2019 through January 

14, 2020. These figures represent an 

annual adjustment for inflation. The 

updated figures and notification are 

required by the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements 

Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Gangloff, Chief Counsel to the 

Inspector General, Room 3–ME–1, 6401 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21235–6401, 410–965–4555. For 

information on eligibility or filing for 

benefits, call the Social Security 

Administration’s national toll-free 

number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY 

1–800–325–0778, or visit the Social 

Security Administration’s internet site, 

Social Security Online, at http://

www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

27, 2016, pursuant to the Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 

Act),1 we published an interim final 

rule to adjust the level of civil monetary 

penalties (CMP) under sections 1129 

and 1140 of the Social Security Act, 42 

U.S.C. 1320a–8 and 1320b–10, with an 

initial ‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment effective 

August 1, 2016.2 We announced in the 

interim final rule that for any future 

adjustments, we would publish a notice 

in the Federal Register to announce the 

new amounts. The annual inflation 

adjustment in subsequent years must be 

a cost-of-living adjustment based on any 

increases in the October Consumer Price 

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) 

(not seasonally adjusted) each year.3

Inflation adjustment increases must be 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.4

We last updated the maximum penalty 

amounts effective January 15, 2018.5

Based on Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) guidance, the 

information below serves as public 

notice of the new maximum penalty 

amounts for 2019. The adjustment 

results in the following new maximum 

penalties, which will be effective as of 

January 15, 2019. 

Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8) 

$7,779.00 (current maximum per 

violation for fraud facilitators in a 

position of trust) × 1.02522 (OMB-issued 

inflationary adjustment multiplier) = 

$7,975.19. When rounded to the nearest 

dollar, the new maximum penalty is 

$7,975.00. 

$8,249.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all other violators) × 

1.02522 (OMB-issued inflationary 

adjustment multiplier) = $8,457.04. 

When rounded to the nearest dollar, the 

new maximum penalty is $8,457.00. 

Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

10) 

$10,260.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all violations other than 

broadcast or telecasts) × 1.02522 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $10,518.76. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $10,519.00. 

$51,302.00 (current maximum per 

broadcast or telecast) × 1.02522 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $52,595.84. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $52,596.00. 

Dated: January 10, 2019. 

Gale Stallworth Stone, 

Acting Inspector General of Social Security. 

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