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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/ 

2016/12/29/2016-31423/notice-on-penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties. 

are applicable to penalties assessed on 

or after January 15, 2018. 

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) 966–4440, both 

directly and for IPTTY. 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 will 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, 2017.5

Based on Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) guidance, the 

information below serves as public 

notice of the new maximum penalty 

amounts for 2018. The adjustment 

results in the following new maximum 

penalties, which will be effective as of 

January 15, 2018. 

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

$7,623.00 (current maximum per 

violation for fraud facilitators in a 

position of trust) × 1.02041 (OMB-issued 

inflationary adjustment multiplier) = 

$7,778.59. When rounded to the nearest 

dollar, the new maximum penalty is 

$7,779.00. 

$8,084.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all other violators) × 

1.02041 (OMB-issued inflationary 

adjustment multiplier) = $8,248.99. 

When rounded to the nearest dollar, the 

new maximum penalty is $8,249.00. 

Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

10) 

$10,055.00 (current maximum per 

violation for all violations other than 

broadcasts or telecasts) × 1.02041 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $10,260.22. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $10,260.00. 

$50,276.00 (current maximum per 

broadcast or telecast) × 1.02041 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment 

multiplier) = $51,302.13. When rounded 

to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 

penalty is $51,302.00. 

Dated: December 27, 2017. 

Gale Stallworth Stone, 

Acting Inspector General of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00487 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10264] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Romance 

and Reason: Islamic Transformations 

of the Classical Past’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Romance 

and Reason: Islamic Transformations of 

the Classical Past,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Institute for 

the Study of the Ancient World, New 

York, New York, from on or about 

February 14, 2018, until on or about 

May 13, 2018, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliot Chiu in the Office of the Legal 

Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, 

L/PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of 

Authority No. 257–1 of December 11, 

2015). I have ordered that Public Notice 

of these determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00402 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10267] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

the Borrego Pipeline Presidential 

Permit Application, Webb County, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State 

(Department) is advising the public that 

on January 3, 2018, the Department 

approved a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) based on the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

for the Borrego Pipeline Presidential 

Permit Application. 

DATES: The FONSI and Final EA are 

available as of the publication date of 

this notice at https://www.state.gov/e/ 

enr/applicant/applicants/ 

borregopipeline/c73505.htm. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FONSI and 

Final EA are available at the following: 

• Main Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. 

Calton Road, Laredo, Texas 78041 

• https://www.state.gov/e/enr/ 

applicant/applicants/borregopipeline/ 

index.htm 

Copies of the FONSI and Final EA 

may also be requested by email at 


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