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Agency Law Name/description CFR citation 

2024 2025 

Min 

penalty 

(rounded 

to nearest 

dollar) 

Max 

penalty 

(rounded 

to nearest 

dollar) 

Min 

penalty 

(rounded 

to nearest 

dollar) 

Max 

penalty 

(rounded 

to nearest 

dollar) 

WHD ........... Immigration & Nationality 

Act.

H–2B ................................ 29 CFR 503.23(c) ............ .................... $15,445 ........... .................... $15,846. 

WHD ........... Immigration & Nationality 

Act.

H–2B ................................ 29 CFR 503.23(d) ............ .................... $15,445 ........... .................... $15,846. 

WHD ........... Fair Labor Standards Act Home Worker ................... 29 CFR 530.302(a) .......... .................... $1,280 ............. .................... $1,313. 

WHD ........... Fair Labor Standards Act Home Worker ................... 29 CFR 530.302(b) .......... 25 $1,280 ............. 26 $1,313.

WHD ........... United States-MexicoCanada Agreement Implementation Act..Whistleblower ................... 29 CFR 810.800(c)(3)(i) ... .................... $59,079 ........... .................... $60,614. 

OWCP ........ Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation 

Act.

Failure to file first report of 

injury or filing a false 

statement or misrepresentation in first report.

20 CFR 702.204 .............. .................... $29,221 ........... .................... $29,980. 

OWCP ........ Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation 

Act.

Failure to report termination of payments.20 CFR 702.236 .............. .................... $356 ................ .................... $365. 

OWCP ........ Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation 

Act.

Discrimination against employees who claim compensation or testify in a 

LHWCA proceeding.

20 CFR 702.271(a)(2) ...... 2,922 $14,608 ........... 2,998 $14,988. 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to report termination of payments.20 CFR 725.621(d) .......... .................... $1,780 ............. .................... $1,826. 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits for mines 

with fewer than 25 employees.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i) ... 174 ......................... 179 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits for mines 

with 25–50 employees.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i) ... 346 ......................... 355 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits for mines 

with 51–100 employees.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i) ... 520 ......................... 534 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits for mines 

with more than 100 employees.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i) ... 692 ......................... 710 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits after 10th 

day of notice.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(4) ...... 174 ......................... 179 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits for repeat offenders.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(5) ...... 520 ......................... 534 

OWCP ........ Black Lung Benefits Act ... Failure to secure payment 

of benefits, maximum 

daily base penalty 

amount.

20 CFR 726.302(c)(6) ...... .................... $3,558 ............. .................... $3,650. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–HL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Parts 35, 103, 127, and 138 

[Public Notice: 12633] 

RIN 1400–AF90 

Department of State 2025 Civil 

Monetary Penalties Inflationary 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule is issued to 

adjust the civil monetary penalties 

(CMP) for regulatory provisions 

maintained and enforced by the 

Department of State. The revised CMP 

adjusts the amount of civil monetary 

penalties assessed by the Department of 

State based on the December 2024 

guidance from the Office of 

Management and Budget and by recent 

legislation. For penalties adjusted 

according to the December 2024 

guidance, the new amounts will apply 

only to those penalties assessed on or 

after the effective date of this rule, 

regardless of the date on which the 

underlying facts or violations occurred. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

January 10, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alice Kottmyer, Attorney-Adviser, 

Office of Management, kottmyeram@

state.gov. ATTN: Regulatory Change, 

CMP Adjustments, (202) 647–2318. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990, Public Law 

101–410, as amended by the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 

Public Law 104–134, requires the head 

of each agency to adjust its CMPs for 

inflation no later than October 23, 1996 

and required agencies to make 

adjustments at least once every four 

years thereafter. The Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, Section 701 

of Public Law 114–74 (the 2015 Act) 

further amended the 1990 Act by 

requiring agencies to adjust CMPs, if 

necessary, pursuant to a ‘‘catch-up’’ 

adjustment methodology prescribed by 

the 2015 Act, which mandated that the 

catch-up adjustment take effect no later 

than August 1, 2016. Additionally, the 

2015 Act required agencies to make 

annual adjustments to their respective 

CMPs in accordance with guidance 

issued by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

Based on these statutes, the 

Department of State (the Department) 


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1 81 FR 36771 (Jun. 8, 2016). 2 89 FR 700 (Jan. 5, 2024). 

published a final rule in June 2016 1 to 

implement the ‘‘catch-up’’ provisions, 

followed by annual updates in January 

of each year. The most recent update 

was in January 2024.2

On December 17, 2024, OMB notified 

agencies that the annual cost-of-living 

adjustment multiplier for fiscal year 

(FY) 2025, based on the Consumer Price 

Index, is 1.02598. Additional 

information may be found in OMB 

Memorandum M–25–02. This final rule 

amends Department CMPs for fiscal year 

2025. 

Overview of the Areas Affected by This 

Rule 

See the table for specific changes. 

Within the Department of State (title 22, 

Code of Federal Regulations), this rule 

affects four areas: 

(1) Part 35, which implements the 

Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 

1986 (PFCRA), codified at 31 U.S.C. 

3801–3812. The PFCRA, enacted in 

1986, authorizes agencies, with 

approval from the Department of Justice, 

to pursue individuals or firms for false 

claims; 

(2) Part 103, which implements the 

Chemical Weapons Convention 

Implementation Act of 1998 (CWC Act) 

(22 U.S.C. 6761). The CWC Act 

provided domestic implementation of 

the Convention on the Prohibition of the 

Development, Production, Stockpiling, 

and Use of Chemical Weapons and on 

Their Destruction. The penalty 

provisions of the CWC Act are codified 

at 22 U.S.C. 6761(a); 

(3) Part 127, which implements the 

penalty provisions of sections 38(e), 

39A(c), and 40(k) of the Arms Export 

Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2778(e), 

2779a(c), and 2780(k)). The Assistant 

Secretary of State for Political-Military 

Affairs is responsible for the imposition 

of CMPs under the International Traffic 

in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which is 

administered by the Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls (DDTC); and 

(4) Part 138, which implements 

section 319 of Public Law 101–121, 

codified at 31 U.S.C. 1352, provides 

penalties for recipients of Federal 

contracts, grants, and loans who use 

appropriated funds to lobby the 

executive or legislative branches of the 

Federal Government in connection with 

a specific contract, grant, or loan. Any 

person who violates that prohibition is 

subject to a civil penalty. The statute 

also requires each person who requests 

or receives a Federal contract, grant, 

cooperative agreement, loan, or a 

Federal commitment to insure or 

guarantee a loan, to disclose any 

lobbying; there is a penalty for failure to 

disclose. 

FY 2025 MULTIPLIER: 1.02598 

Citation in 22 CFR FY 24 penalties New FY 25 max penalties 

§ 35.3 .................................................... $13,946 up to $418,405 .......................................... $14,308 up to $429,275. 

§ 103.6(a)(1) Prohibited Acts ............... $46,901 ................................................................... $48,119. 

§ 103.6(a)(2) Recordkeeping Violations $9,380 ..................................................................... $9,624. 

§ 127.10(a)(1)(i) .................................... the greater of $1,238,892 or the amount that is 

twice the value of the transaction that is the 

basis of the violation with respect to which the 

penalty is imposed.

the greater of $1,271,078 or the amount that is 

twice the value of the transaction that is the 

basis of the violation with respect to which the 

penalty is imposed. 

§ 127.10(a)(1)(ii) ................................... $1,028,988, or five times the amount of the prohibited payment, whichever is greater.$1,055,721, or five times the amount of the prohibited payment, whichever is greater. 

§ 127.10(a)(1)(iii) .................................. $1,224,787 .............................................................. $1,256,607. 

§ 138.400 First Offenders ..................... $24,100 ................................................................... $24,726. 

§ 138.400 Others .................................. $24,496 up to $244,958 .......................................... $25,132 up to $251,322. 

Effective Date of Penalties 

The revised CMP amounts for all 

penalties will go into effect on the date 

this rule is published. All violations for 

which those CMPs are assessed on or 

after the effective date of this rule, 

regardless of whether the violation 

occurred before the effective date, will 

be assessed at the adjusted penalty 

level. 

Future Adjustments and Reporting 

The 2015 Act directed agencies to 

undertake an annual review of CMPs 

using a formula prescribed by the 

statute. Annual adjustments to CMPs are 

made in accordance with the guidance 

issued by OMB. As in this rulemaking, 

the Department of State will publish 

notification of annual inflation 

adjustments to CMPs in the Federal 

Register no later than January 15 of each 

year, with the adjusted amount taking 

effect immediately upon publication. 

Regulatory Analysis and Notices 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Department of State is publishing 

this rule using the ‘‘good cause’’ 

exception to the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), as the 

Department has determined that public 

comment on this rulemaking would be 

impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to 

the public interest. This rulemaking is 

mandatory and entirely without agency 

discretion; it implements Public Law 

114–74. See 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Because this rulemaking is exempt 

from 5 U.S.C. 553, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis is not required. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

This rule does not involve a mandate 

that will result in the expenditure by 

State, local, and Tribal governments, in 

the aggregate, or by the private sector, of 

$100 million or more in any year and it 

will not significantly or uniquely affect 

small governments. Therefore, no 

actions were deemed necessary under 

the provisions of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This rule is not a major rule within 

the meaning of the Congressional 

Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq. 

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132 

This amendment will not have 

substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the 

National Government and the States, or 

on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

it is determined that this amendment 

does not have sufficient federalism 

implications to require consultations or 

warrant the preparation of a federalism 

summary impact statement. 


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Executive Orders 12866, 14094, and 

13563 

The Department believes that benefits 

of the rulemaking outweigh any costs, 

and there are no feasible alternatives to 

this rulemaking. Pursuant to M–25–02, 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA) has determined that 

agency regulations that (1) exclusively 

implement the annual adjustment, (2) 

are consistent with this guidance, and 

(3) have an annual impact of less than 

$100 million, are generally not 

significant regulatory actions under E.O. 

12866. Therefore, agencies are generally 

not required to submit regulations 

satisfying those criteria to OIRA for 

review. This regulation satisfies all of 

those criteria. 

Executive Order 12988 

The Department of State has reviewed 

the amendment in light of Executive 

Order 12988 to eliminate ambiguity, 

minimize litigation, establish clear legal 

standards, and reduce burden. 

Executive Order 13175 

The Department of State has 

determined that this rulemaking will 

not have tribal implications, will not 

impose substantial direct compliance 

costs on Indian Tribal governments, and 

will not preempt Tribal law. 

Accordingly, Executive Order 13175 

does not apply to this rulemaking. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rulemaking does not impose or 

revise any information collections 

subject to 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

List of Subjects 

22 CFR Part 35 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Claims, Fraud, Penalties. 

22 CFR Part 103 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Chemicals, Classified 

information, Foreign relations, Freedom 

of information, International 

organization, Investigations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

22 CFR Part 127 

Arms and munitions, Crime, Exports, 

Penalties, Seizures and forfeitures. 

22 CFR Part 138 

Government contracts, Grant 

programs, Loan programs, Lobbying, 

Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth above, 22 

CFR parts 35, 103, 127, and 138 are 

amended as follows: 

PART 35—PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL 

REMEDIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 35 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 31 U.S.C. 3801 

et seq.; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 35.3 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 35.3: 

■ a. In paragraphs (a)(1) introductory 

text, (b)(1)(ii), and (f) remove ‘‘$13,946’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘$14,308’’; and 

■ b. In paragraph (f), remove ‘‘$418,405’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘$429,275’’. 

PART 103—REGULATIONS FOR 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL 

WEAPONS CONVENTION AND THE 

CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION 

IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 1998 ON 

THE TAKING OF SAMPLES AND ON 

ENFORCEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS 

CONCERNING RECORDKEEPING AND 

INSPECTIONS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 103 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 6701 

et seq.; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 103.6 [Amended] 

■ 4. In § 103.6: 

■ a. In paragraph (a)(1), remove 

‘‘$46,901’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$48,119’’; and 

■ b. In paragraph (a)(2), remove 

‘‘$9,380’’ and add in its place ‘‘$9,624’’. 

PART 127—VIOLATIONS AND 

PENALTIES 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 127 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sections 2, 38, and 42, Pub. L. 

90–629, 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 

2791); 22 U.S.C. 401; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 

U.S.C. 2779a; 22 U.S.C. 2780; E.O. 13637, 78 

FR 16129; Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 127.10 [Amended] 

■ 6. In § 127.10: 

■ a. In paragraph (a)(1)(i), remove 

‘‘$1,238,892’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,271,078’’; 

■ b. In paragraph (a)(1)(ii), remove 

‘‘$1,028,988’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,055.721’’; and 

■ c. In paragraph (a)(1)(iii), remove 

‘‘$1,224,787’’ and add in its place 

‘‘$1,256,607’’. 

PART 138—RESTRICTIONS ON 

LOBBYING 

■ 7. The authority citation for part 138 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 31 U.S.C. 1352; 

Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat. 584. 

§ 138.400 [Amended] 

■ 8. In § 138.400: 

■ a. In paragraphs (a), (b), and (e), 

remove ‘‘$24,496’’ and ‘‘$244,958’’ and 

add in their place ‘‘$25,132’’ and 

‘‘$251,322’’, respectively; and 

■ b. In paragraph (e), remove ‘‘$24,100’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘$24,726’’. 

Zachary A. Parker, 

Director, Office of Organizational Policy, 

Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[TD 10020] 

RIN 1545–BI22 

Reissuance of State or Local Bonds 

Correction 

In rule document 2024–30267 

beginning on page 106315 in the issue 

of Monday, December 30, 2024, make 

the following correction: 

§ 1.1001–3 [Corrected] 

■ On page 106320, in § 1.1001–3, in the 

second column, in the sixth line from 

the bottom, ‘‘§ 1.10011.1001–3’’ should 

read ‘‘§ 1.1001–3’’. 

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BILLING CODE 0099–10–D 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Parts 4, 5, and 24 

[Docket No. TTB–2022–0004; T.D. TTB–200; 

Re: Notice Nos. 210 and 210A] 

RIN 1513–AC86 

Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled 

Spirits 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) regulations that govern 

wine and distilled spirits containers to 

add 13 standards of fill for wine and 15 

for distilled spirits. TTB is also 

amending its regulations to eliminate 

the distinction between standards of fill 

for distilled spirits in cans and those for 


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