Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 9 / Thursday, January 13, 2022 / Notices 2187 

1Request of USPS to Add Inbound International 

Tracked Delivery Service to the Competitive 

Product List, Notice of Establishment of 

Classifications and Rates Not of General 

Applicability, and Application for Non-Public 

Treatment of Materials, January 7, 2022 (Request). 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

IIII. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

In accordance with 39 U.S.C. 3642 

and 39 CFR 3040.130 through 39 CFR 

3040.135, the Postal Service filed a 

request and associated supporting 

information to add Inbound 

International Tracked Delivery Service 

(IITDS) to the competitive product list.1

The Postal Service also gave notice 

pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3632(b)(3) and 39 

CFR 3035.105 that the Governors 

established classifications and rates not 

of general applicability for IITDS. 

Request at 1. To support its Request, the 

Postal Service filed a copy of the 

Governors’ Decision authorizing the 

product, proposed changes to the Mail 

Classification Schedule, a Statement of 

Supporting Justification, a certification 

of compliance with 39 U.S.C. 3633(a), 

and an application for non-public 

treatment of certain materials. Id. at 1– 

2. It also filed supporting financial 

workpapers. Id. The Postal Service 

intends for the new service and rates to 

take effect on April 1, 2022. Id. at 4. 

The Postal Service seeks to add IITDS 

to the competitive product list as part of 

the International Ancillary Services 

product. Id. at 3, Attachment 4. The 

prices for IITDS are fixed by the 

Universal Postal Union (UPU) and will 

be set at 0.4 Special Drawing Rights 

(SDR) per item for the provision of 

inbound tracked delivery services with 

up to an additional 0.75 SDR per item 

on the basis of performance of electronic 

transmission of tracking information. Id. 

at 3. The Postal Service states that IITDS 

provides foreign postal operators UPU 

default rates for the tracked service and 

that IITDS’ inclusion on the competitive 

product list would not preclude the 

Postal Service from exchanging tracked 

items with foreign postal operators 

pursuant to negotiated rates set forth in 

multilateral or bilateral agreements. Id. 

at 3–4. 

II. Notice of Commission Action 

The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2022–37 and CP2022–44 to 

consider the Request pertaining to the 

proposed addition of IITDS to the 

competitive product list. The 

Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s filings in 

the captioned dockets are consistent 

with the policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 

3633, or 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comments are 

due no later than January 18, 2022. The 

public portions of these filings can be 

accessed via the Commission’s website 

(http://www.prc.gov). The Commission 

appoints Kenneth R. Moeller to serve as 

Public Representative in these dockets. 

III. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. The Commission establishes Docket 

Nos. MC2022–37 and CP2022–44 to 

consider the matters raised in each 

docket by the Request of USPS to Add 

Inbound International Tracked Delivery 

Service to the Competitive Product List, 

Notice of Establishment of 

Classifications and Rates Not of General 

Applicability, and Application for NonPublic Treatment of Materials, filed 

January 7, 2022. 

2. Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Kenneth 

R. Moeller is appointed to serve as an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in 

these proceedings (Public 

Representative). 

3. Comments are due no later than 

January 18, 2022. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00626 Filed 1–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board. 

ACTION: Notice announcing updated 

penalty inflation adjustments for civil 

monetary penalties for 2022. 

SUMMARY: 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 2022 

annual adjustment of civil penalties for 

inflation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marguerite P. Dadabo, Assistant General 

Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, 

844 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 

60611–1275, (312) 751–4945, TTD (312) 

751–4701. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 

2015, Public Law 114–74 (Nov. 2, 2015), 

entitled the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements 

Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), amended the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 

note) (Inflation Adjustment Act) to 

require agencies to publish regulations 

adjusting the amount of civil monetary 

penalties provided by law within the 

jurisdiction of the agency not later than 

January 15th of every year. 

For the 2022 annual adjustment for 

inflation of the maximum civil penalty 

under the Program Fraud Civil 

Remedies Act of 1986, the Board applies 

the formula provided by the 2015 Act 

and the Board’s regulations at Title 20, 

Code of Federal Regulations, Part 356. 

In accordance with the 2015 Act, the 

amount of the adjustment is based on 

the percent increase between the 

Consumer Price Index (CPI–U) for the 

month of October preceding the date of 

the adjustment and the CPI–U for the 

October one year prior to the October 

immediately preceding the date of the 

adjustment. If there is no increase, there 

is no adjustment of civil penalties. The 

percent increase between the CPI–U for 

October 2021 and October 2020, as 

provided by Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M–22–07 

(December 15, 2021) is 1.06222 percent. 

Therefore, the new maximum penalty 

under the Program Fraud Civil 

Remedies Act is $12,537 (the 2021 

maximum penalty of $11,803 multiplied 

by 1.06222, rounded to the nearest 

dollar). The new minimum penalty 

under the False Claims Act is $12,537 

(the 2021 minimum penalty of $11,803 

multiplied by 1.06222, rounded to the 

nearest dollar), and the new maximum 

penalty is $25,076 (the 2021 maximum 

penalty of $23,607 multiplied by 

1.06222, rounded to the nearest dollar). 

The adjustments in penalties will be 

effective January 13, 2022. 

Dated: January 7, 2022. 

By Authority of the Board 

Stephanie Hillyard, 

Secretary to the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00506 Filed 1–12–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

34468; File No. 812–15235] 

John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund 

Trust, et al. 

January 10, 2022. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 


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