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Annual Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment - January 06, 2017 - Regulations - VLEX 657519649
Pages 1606-1607
FR Doc No: 2016-31897
45 CFR Parts 1230 and 2554
RIN 3045-AA67
SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties in its regulations, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
DATES: Effective date: This rule is effective January 15, 2017.
Comment due date: Technical comments may be submitted until February 6, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may send your comments electronically through the Federal government's one-stop rulemaking Web site at www.regulations.gov. Also, you may mail or deliver your comments to Phyllis Green, Executive Assistant, Office of General Counsel, at the Corporation for National and Community Service, 250 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20525. Due to continued delays in CNCS's receipt of mail, we strongly encourage comments to be submitted online electronically. The TDD/TTY number is 800 833-3722. You may request this notice in an alternative format for the visually impaired.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Green, Executive Assistant, Office of General Counsel, at 202-606-6709 or email to pgreen@cns.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call 800-833-3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs to further its mission to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. For more information, visit NationalService.gov.
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Sec. 701 of Pub. L. 114-74) (the ``Act''), which is intended to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain the deterrent effect of such penalties, requires agencies to adjust the civil monetary penalties for inflation annually.
The inflation adjustment for each applicable civil monetary penalty is determined using the percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the month of October of the year in which the amount of each civil money penalty was most recently established or modified. In the December 16, 2016, OMB Memo for the Heads of Executive Agencies and Departments, M-17-11, Implementation of the 2017 annual adjustment pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, OMB published the multiplier for the required annual adjustment. The cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2017, based on the CPI-U for the month of October 2016, not seasonally adjusted, is 1.01636.
The civil monetary penalties related to Restrictions on Lobbying (Section 319, Pub. L. 101-121; 31 U.S.C. 1352) range from $18,936 to $189,361. Using the 2017 multiplier, the new range of possible civil monetary penalties is from $19,246 to $192,459.
The Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-509) civil monetary penalty has an upper limit of $10,781. Using the 2017 multiplier, the new upper limit of the civil monetary penalty is $10,957.
This final rule adjusts the civil monetary penalty amounts related to Restrictions on Lobbying (45 CFR 1230.400) and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (45 CFR 2554.1). The range of civil monetary penalties related to Restrictions on Lobbying increase from ``$18,936 to $189,361'' to ``$19,246 to $192,459.'' The civil monetary penalties for the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 increase from ``up to $10,781'' to ``up to $10,957.''
Determination of Good Cause for Publication Without Notice and Comment
CNCS finds, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), that there is good cause to except this rule from the public notice and comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). Because CNCS is implementing a final rule pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which requires CNCS to update its regulations based on a prescribed formula, CNCS has no discretion in the nature or amount of the change to the civil monetary penalties. Therefore, notice and comment for these proscribed updates is impracticable and unnecessary. As an interim final rule, no further regulatory action is required for the issuance of this legally binding rule. If you would like to provide technical comments, however, they may be submitted until February 6, 2017.
This rule is effective January 15, 2017. The adjusted civil penalty amounts apply to civil penalties assessed on or after January 15, 2017, when the violation occurred after November 2, 2015. If the violation occurred prior to November 2, 2015, or a penalty was assessed prior to August 1, 2016, the pre-adjustment civil penalty amounts in effect prior to August 1, 2106, will apply.
Government contracts, Grant programs, Loan programs, Lobbying, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Claims, Fraud, Organization and functions (Government agencies), Penalties.
PART 1230--NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING
The authority citation for part 1230 continues to read as follows:
Sec. 1230.400 Amended
Amend Sec. 1230.400:
In paragraphs (a), (b), and (e), by removing ``$18,936'' and adding in its place ``$19,246'' each place it appears.
In paragraphs (a), (b), and (e), by removing ``$189,361'' and adding in its place ``$192,459'' each place it appears.
Appendix A to Part 1230 Amended
Amend appendix A to part 1230 by:
Removing ``$18,936'' and adding in its place ``$19,246'' each place it appears.
Removing ``$189,361'' and adding in its place ``$192,459'' each place it appears.
PART 2554--PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS
The authority citation for part 2554 continues to read as follows:
Sec. 2554.1 Amended
Amend Sec. 2554.1 by removing ``$10,781'' in paragraph (b) and adding in its place ``$10,957.''
FR Doc. 2016-31897 Filed 1-5-17; 8:45 am