by subsection (a), is further amended by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, except that in the 
case of a person who receives a fee or other income 
for services performed in connection with any deter-
mination with respect to benefits under this title (in-
cluding a claimant representative, translator, or cur-
rent or former employee of the Social Security Ad-
ministration), or who is a physician or other health 
care provider who submits, or causes the submission 
of, medical or other evidence in connection with any 
such determination, such person shall be guilty of a 
felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned 
for not more than ten years, or both.’’. 
(3) AMENDMENT
TO
TITLE
XVI.—Section 
1632(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1383a(a)), as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, except 
that in the case of a person who receives a fee or 
other income for services performed in connection 
with any determination with respect to benefits 
under this title (including a claimant representative, 
translator, or current or former employee of the So-
cial Security Administration), or who is a physician 
or other health care provider who submits, or causes 
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the submission of, medical or other evidence in con-
nection with any such determination, such person 
shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, 
or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or 
both.’’. 
(c) INCREASED CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR 
CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS
VIOLATING
POSITIONS
OF 
TRUST.—Section 1129(a)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)(1)) is amended, in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (C), by inserting after ‘‘withholding 
disclosure of such fact’’ the following: ‘‘, except that in 
the case of such a person who receives a fee or other in-
come for services performed in connection with any such 
determination (including a claimant representative, trans-
lator, or current or former employee of the Social Security 
Administration) or who is a physician or other health care 
provider who submits, or causes the submission of, medical 
or other evidence in connection with any such determina-
tion, the amount of such penalty shall be not more than 
$7,500’’. 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT
OF SANCTIONS
FOR VIOLA-
TIONS
BY
CLAIMANT
REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 
206(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 406(a)(1)) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘or who violates any provi-
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sion of this section for which a penalty is prescribed.’’ the 
following: ‘‘The Commissioner of Social Security shall es-
tablish rules under which fines and other sanctions the 
Commissioner determines to be appropriate may be im-
posed and collected for failure to comply with the Commis-
sioner’s rules and regulations.’’. 
(e) CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY ON CLAIMANT REP-
RESENTATIVES.—Section 1129(a) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) Any person (including an organization, 
agency, or other entity) who, while acting as a 
claimant representative pursuant to section 206, 
knowingly charges, demands, receives, or collects for 
services rendered in excess of the maximum fee pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of Social Security or al-
lowed by a court in connection with proceedings be-
fore the court to which section 206(b)(1) is applica-
ble, shall be subject to, in addition to any other pen-
alties that may be prescribed by law, a civil mone-
tary penalty of not more than $7,500 for each viola-
tion. Such person shall also be subject to an assess-
ment, in lieu of damages sustained by the United 
States resulting from the improper payment, of not 
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more than twice the amount of any payments so re-
ceived.’’. 
(f) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT
OF CERTAIN CIVIL 
MONETARY PENALTIES.—Title XI of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 1129B the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1129C. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION AD-
JUSTMENT. 
‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENT BY REGULATION.—The Commis-
sioner of Social Security shall, not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Disability Fraud Reduc-
tion and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act, 
and at least once every 4 years thereafter— 
‘‘(1) by regulation adjust the maximum amount 
of each civil monetary penalty by the inflation ad-
justment described under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) publish each such regulation in the Fed-
eral Register. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT.—The inflation ad-
justment under subsection (a) shall be determined by in-
creasing the maximum amount of each civil monetary pen-
alty by the cost-of-living adjustment. Any increase deter-
mined under this subsection shall be rounded to the near-
est— 
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‘‘(1) multiple of $1,000 in the case of penalties 
greater than $1,000 but less than or equal to 
$10,000; and 
‘‘(2) multiple of $5,000 in the case of penalties 
greater than $10,000 but less than or equal to 
$100,000. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘civil monetary penalty’ means— 
‘‘(A) a penalty imposed by paragraph (1), 
(3), or (4) of section 1129(a); and 
‘‘(B) a penalty imposed by paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 1140(b); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘cost-of-living adjustment’ means 
the percentage (if any) for each civil monetary pen-
alty by which— 
‘‘(A) the Consumer Price Index for all 
Urban Consumers (CPI–U) for the month of 
June of the calendar year preceding the adjust-
ment, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the CPI–U for the month of June of 
the calendar year in which the amount of such 
civil monetary penalty was last set or adjusted 
pursuant to law. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
OF
INCREASE.—Any increase 
under this Act in a civil monetary penalty shall apply only 
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