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1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

agreement(s). The request(s) may 

propose the addition of a negotiated 

service agreement from the Competitive 

product list or the modification of an 

existing product currently appearing on 

the Competitive product list. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, that will be 

reviewed in a public proceeding as 

defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

For each such request, the Commission 

appoints an officer of the Commission to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39 

U.S.C. 505 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public 

Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each such request. 

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

identified in Section II, if any, are 

consistent with the policies of title 39. 

Applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 

U.S.C. 3633, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3041. 

Comment deadline(s) for each such 

request, if any, appear in Section II. 

Section III identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, if any, to add a 

standardized distinct product to the 

Competitive product list or to amend a 

standardized distinct product, the title 

of each such request, the request’s 

acceptance date, and the authority cited 

by the Postal Service for each request. 

Standardized distinct products are 

negotiated service agreements that are 

variations of one or more Competitive 

products, and for which financial 

models, minimum rates, and 

classification criteria have undergone 

advance Commission review. See 39 

CFR 3041.110(n); 39 CFR 3041.205(a). 

Such requests are reviewed in summary 

proceedings pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.325(c)(2) and 39 CFR 

3041.505(f)(1). Pursuant to 39 CFR 

3041.405(c)–(d), the Commission does 

not appoint a Public Representative or 

request public comment in proceedings 

to review such requests. 

II. Public Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1039 and 

K2025–1038; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1239 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: January 3, 2025; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 

39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Elsie Lee-Robbins; Comments Due: 

January 14, 2025. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1040 and 

K2025–1039; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 1240 to the Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: January 3, 2025; Filing Authority: 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and 

39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative: 

Almaroof Agoro; Comments Due: 

January 14, 2025. 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

None. See Section II for public 

proceedings. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00408 Filed 1–10–25; 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 2025. 

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 2025 

annual adjustment of civil penalties for 

inflation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter J. Orlowicz, Senior Counsel, 

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North 

Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611–1275, 

(312) 751–4922. 

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 2025 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 20 CFR 

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 2023 and October 2024, as 

provided by Office of Management and 

Budget Memorandum M–25–02 

(December 17, 2024) is 1.02598 percent. 

Therefore, the new maximum penalty 

under the Program Fraud Civil 

Remedies Act is $14,308 (the 2024 

maximum penalty of $13,946 multiplied 

by 1.02598, rounded to the nearest 

dollar). The new minimum penalty 

under the False Claims Act is $14,308 

(the 2024 minimum penalty of $13,946 

multiplied by 1.02598, rounded to the 

nearest dollar), and the new maximum 

penalty is $28,618 (the 2024 maximum 

penalty of $27,894 multiplied by 

1.02598, rounded to the nearest dollar). 

The adjustments in penalties will be 

effective January 13, 2025. 

Dated: January 7, 2025. 

By Authority of the Board. 

Stephanie Hillyard, 

Secretary to the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00472 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–102121; File No. SR–BX– 

2024–058] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Nasdaq 

BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed 

Rule Change To Amend BX Top and 

BX Depth Fees Based on the Rate of 

Inflation 

January 6, 2025. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f). At any time within 60 days 

of the filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may temporarily suspend 

such rule change if it appears to the Commission 

that such action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of investors, or 

otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. 

If the Commission takes such action, the 

Commission will institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change should be 

approved or disapproved. 

5Copies of the submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements with respect to 

the proposed rule change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written communications 

relating to the proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than those that 

may be withheld from the public in accordance 

with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and printing in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20549, on official business 

days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. 

Copies of the filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. 

6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on December 

23, 2024, Nasdaq BX, Inc. (‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Item I below, which Item has been 

substantially prepared by the Exchange. 

The Exchange has designated this 

proposal for immediate effectiveness 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the 

Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f) thereunder.4

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend the 

fees of the following options market 

data products based on the rate of 

inflation: BX Top and BX Depth fees 

(internal and external distribution and 

Non-Display enterprise license) and BX 

Top and BX Depth per subscriber fees. 

Each fee will be adjusted for the 

inflation that has occurred since that 

specific fee was last changed. 

While these amendments are effective 

upon filing, the Exchange has 

designated the proposed amendments to 

be operative on January 1, 2025. 

The proposed rule change, including 

the Exchange’s statement of the purpose 

of, and statutory basis for, the proposed 

rule change, is available on the 

Exchange’s website at https://

listingcenter.nasdaq.com/rulebook/bx/ 

rules and on the Commission’s website 

at https://www.sec.gov/rulesregulations/self-regulatory-organizationrulemaking/national-securitesexchanges?file_number=SR-BX-2024- 

058. 

II. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act.5

Comments may be submitted 

electronically by using the 

Commission’s internet comment form 

(https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/ 

self-regulatory-organizationrulemaking/national-securitesexchanges?file_number=SR-BX-2024- 

058) or by sending an email to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include file 

number SR–BX–2024–058 on the 

subject line. Alternatively, paper 

comments may be sent to Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–1090. All submissions should 

refer to file number SR–BX–2024–058. 

To help the Commission process and 

review your comments more efficiently, 

please use only one method. The 

Commission will post all comments on 

the Commission’s internet website 

(https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/ 

self-regulatory-organizationrulemaking/national-securitesexchanges?file_number=SR-BX-2024- 

058). Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–BX–2024–058 and should be 

submitted on or before February 3, 2025. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.6

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00409 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, 

January 16, 2025. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held via 

remote means and/or at the 

Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. 

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Commissioners, Counsel to the 

Commissioners, the Secretary to the 

Commission, and recording secretaries 

will attend the closed meeting. Certain 

staff members who have an interest in 

the matters also may be present. 

In the event that the time, date, or 

location of this meeting changes, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time, date, and/or place of the 

meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.sec.gov. 

The General Counsel of the 

Commission, or her designee, has 

certified that, in her opinion, one or 

more of the exemptions set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) 

and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), 

(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and 

(a)(10), permit consideration of the 

scheduled matters at the closed meeting. 

The subject matter of the closed 

meeting will consist of the following 

topics: 

Institution and settlement of 

injunctive actions; 

Institution and settlement of 

administrative proceedings; 

Resolution of litigation claims; and 

Other matters relating to examinations 

and enforcement proceedings. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting agenda items that 

may consist of adjudicatory, 

examination, litigation, or regulatory 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information, please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00587 Filed 1–8–25; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–102126; File No. SR– 

CBOE–2024–042] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

Exchange, Inc.; Order Instituting 

Proceedings To Determine Whether To 

Approve or Disapprove a Proposed 

Rule Change To Permit Orders 

Comprised of Options and Futures 

Legs (‘‘Future-Option Orders’’) 

January 6, 2025. 

I. Introduction 

On September 17, 2024, Cboe 

Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or 


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