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Title 32 → Subtitle A → Chapter I → Subchapter M → Part 269
PART 269—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT
§269.1 Scope and purpose.
§269.2 Definitions.
§269.3 Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.
§269.4 Cost of living adjustments of civil monetary penalties.
§269.5 Application of increase to violations.
Source: 61 FR 67945, Dec. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
The purpose of this part is to establish a mechanism for the regular adjustment for inflation of civil monetary penalties under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. Applicable civil monetary penalties must be adjusted in conformity with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, April 26, 1996, and further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, November 2, 2015, in order to improve the deterrent effect of civil monetary penalties and to promote compliance with the law.
[81 FR 33391, May 26, 2016]
(a) Department. The Department of Defense.
(b) Civil monetary penalty. Any penalty, fine, or other sanction that:
(ii) Has a maximum amount provided by Federal law; and
(2) Is assessed or enforced by the Department pursuant to Federal law; and
(c) Consumer Price Index. The index for all urban consumers published by the Department of Labor.
[61 FR 67945, Dec. 26, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 33391, May 26, 2016]
The Department must, not later than July 1, 2016 and not later than January 15 of every year thereafter—
(a) By regulation, adjust each civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department by the inflation adjustment described in §269.4; and
(b) Publish each such update in the Federal Register.
(a) The inflation adjustment under §269.3 must be determined by increasing the maximum civil monetary penalty or the range of minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties, as applicable, for each civil monetary penalty by the cost-of-living adjustment. Any increase determined under this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section, the term “cost-of-living adjustment” means the percentage (if any) for each civil monetary penalty by which the Consumer Price Index for the month of October preceding the date of the adjustment (January 15), exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the month of October in the previous calendar year. For example, if the Consumer Price Index for October 2016 is 1.0 and the Consumer Price Index for October 2015 was 0.75, then all applicable penalties will need to be positively adjusted by 0.25 by January 15, 2017.
(c) Limitation on initial adjustment. The initial adjustment of civil monetary penalty pursuant to §269.3 may not exceed 150 percent of such penalty.
(d) Inflation adjustment. Maximum civil monetary penalties within the jurisdiction of the Department are adjusted for inflation as follows:
of 01/15/19
National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005, 10 U.S.C 113, note Unauthorized Activities Directed at or Possession of Sunken Military Craft 132,470 134,807
10 U.S.C. 1094(c)(1) Unlawful Provision of Health Care 11,632 11,837
10 U.S.C. 1102(k) Wrongful Disclosure—Medical Records:
First Offense 6,878 6,999
Subsequent Offense 45,854 46,663
10 U.S.C. 2674(c)(2) Violation of the Pentagon Reservation Operation and Parking of Motor Vehicles Rules and Regulations 1,895 1,928
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) Violation Involving False Claim 11,463 11,665
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2) Violation Involving False Statement 11,463 11,665
[81 FR 33391, May 26, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 6249, Jan. 19, 2017; 83 FR 3078, Jan. 23, 2018; 84 FR 12099, Apr. 1, 2019; 85 FR 13049, Mar. 6, 2020]
Any increase in a civil monetary penalty under this part must apply only to civil monetary penalties, including those whose associated violation predated such increase, which are assessed after the date the increase takes effect (i.e., July 1, 2016).