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§ 506.4 Cost of living adjustments of civil
monetary penalties.
(a) The inflation adjustment under
§ 506.3 will initially be determined by
increasing the maximum civil monetary
penalty for each civil monetary penalty
by the initial cost-of-living adjustment.
The inflation adjustment will
subsequently be determined by
increasing the maximum civil monetary
penalty for each civil monetary penalty
by the cost-of-living adjustment. Any
increase determined under this section
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple
of $1.
(b) Inflation adjustment. 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 adjustment
exceeds the Consumer Price Index for
the month of October 1 year before the
month of October preceding the
adjustment.
(c) Initial adjustment. For purposes of
paragraph (a) of this section, the term
‘initial 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, 2015 exceeds the Consumer
Price Index for the month of October of
the calendar year during which the
amount of such civil monetary penalty
was established or adjusted under a
provision of law of civil monetary
penalty. The initial cost-of-living
adjustment may not exceed 150 percent
of such penalty on November 2, 2015,
the date of the enactment of the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Act Adjustment
Improvements Act of 2015.
(d) Inflation adjustment. Maximum
Civil Monetary Penalties within the
jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime
Commission are adjusted for inflation as
follows:
Maximum
penalty
amount prior
to August 1,
2016
United States Code Citation
Civil monetary penalty description
46 U.S.C. 42304 ...........................................................
Adverse impact on U.S. carriers by foreign shipping
practices.
Knowing and Willful violation/Shipping Act of 1984, or
Commission regulation or order.
Violation of Shipping Act of 1984, Commission regulation or order, not knowing and willful.
Operating in foreign commerce after tariff suspension
Failure to provide required reports, etc./Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
Adverse shipping conditions/Merchant Marine Act of
1920.
Operating after tariff or service contract suspension/
Merchant Marine Act of 1920.
Failure to establish financial responsibility for non-performance of transportation.
Failure to establish financial responsibility for death or
injury.
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/makes false claim
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act/giving false statement.
46 U.S.C. 41107(a) ......................................................
46 U.S.C. 41107(b) ......................................................
46 U.S.C. 41108(b) ......................................................
46 U.S.C. 42104 ...........................................................
46 U.S.C. 42106 ...........................................................
46 U.S.C. 42108 ...........................................................
46 U.S.C. 44102 ...........................................................
46 U.S.C. 44103 ...........................................................
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) ....................................................
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2) ....................................................
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5. Revise § 506.5 to read as follows:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
§ 506.5 Application of increase to
violations.
47 CFR Part 1
Any adjustment in a civil monetary
penalty under this part shall apply only
to civil monetary penalties, including
those whose associated violation
predated such increase, which are
assessed after the date the adjustment
takes effect.
By the Commission.
Rachel E. Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
To Reflect Inflation
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (the 2015 Inflation
Adjustment Act) requires the Federal
Communications Commission to amend
its forfeiture penalty rules for inflation.
DATES: This rule is effective August 1,
2016.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Cyrus, Enforcement Bureau, 202–
418–7325.
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New adjusted
maximum
penalty
amount as of
August 1,
2016
1,600,000
1,978,690
45,000
56,467
9,000
11,293
80,000
9,000
112,934
8,908
1,600,000
1,781,560
80,000
89,078
9,000
300
9,000
300
9,000
9,000
22,500
750
22,500
750
10,781
10,781
On June 9,
2016, the Enforcement Bureau of the
Federal Communications Commission
adopted and released an order on
delegated authority, DA 16–644, which
adjusts the Commission’s forfeiture
penalties for inflation. On November 2,
2015, the President signed into law the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which
included, as Section 701 thereto, the
2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which
amended the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub.
L. 101–410), to improve the
effectiveness of civil monetary penalties
and maintain their deterrent effect.
Under the act, federal agencies,
including the Federal Communications
Commission, must issue an interim final
rulemaking and publish interim final
rules by July 1, 2016, which will take
effect by August 1, 2016. According to
the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, the
initial inflation adjustment will be the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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percentage by which the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) for the month of
October 2015 exceeds the CPI for the
month of October of the calendar year
during which the civil monetary penalty
‘‘was established or adjusted under a
provision of law other than this Act.’’
The 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act
requires the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
issue, guidance to agencies on
implementing the Act. OMB issued that
guidance on February 24, 2016, and this
Order follows that guidance. Pursuant to
the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, we
update the civil monetary penalties set
forth in the Communications Act of
1934, as amended (Communications Act
or Act), to reflect an ‘‘inflation
adjustment’’ that derives from the ‘‘costof-living adjustment.’’ The cost-of-living
adjustment reflects the total inflation
that has taken place in the years since
the penalties were last set or adjusted by
statute or rule.
This document does not contain new
or modified information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public
Law 104–13. In addition, therefore, it
does not contain any new or modified
information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees, pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
The Commission will not send a copy
of this Order per the Congressional
Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A),
because the rules are amended only to
account for inflation and do not
substantially affect the rights or
obligations of non-agency parties.
List of Subjects
Administrative practice and
procedure, Penalties.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa S. Gelb,
Chief of Staff, Enforcement Bureau.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 part 1 as
follows:
PART 1—PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE
Subpart A—General Rules of Practice
and Procedure
1. The authority citation for part 1
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq., 47 U.S.C.
151, 154(i) and (j), 155, 157, 225, 227, 303(r),
and 309.
2. Section 1.80 is amended by revising
the table following paragraph (b)(8)
‘‘Section III. Non-Section 503
Forfeitures That Are Affected by the
Downward Adjustment Factors’’ and
revising paragraph (b)(9) to read as
follows:
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§ 1.80
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Forfeiture proceedings.
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Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
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202(c) Common Carrier Discrimination .....................................................................................................
203(e) Common Carrier Tariffs .................................................................................................................
205(b) Common Carrier Prescriptions .......................................................................................................
214(d) Common Carrier Line Extensions ..................................................................................................
219(b) Common Carrier Reports ...............................................................................................................
220(d) Common Carrier Records & Accounts ..........................................................................................
223(b) Dial-a-Porn .....................................................................................................................................
227(e) Caller Identification .........................................................................................................................
364(a) Forfeitures (Ships) ..........................................................................................................................
364(b) Forfeitures (Ships) ..........................................................................................................................
386(a) Forfeitures (Ships) ..........................................................................................................................
386(b) Forfeitures (Ships) ..........................................................................................................................
634 Cable EEO ..........................................................................................................................................
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published by January 15 each year.
Catch-up adjustments will be based on
the ‘cost-of-living adjustment’ (CPI),
which is the percentage (if any) by
which the CPI for October in the year of
the previous adjustment exceeds the CPI
for October 2015. Annual inflation
adjustments will be based on the
percentage (if any) by which the CPI for
October preceding the date of the
adjustment exceeds the prior year’s CPI
for October. The Office of Management
and Budget has provided ‘‘Table A:
2016 Civil Monetary Penalty Catch-Up
Adjustment Multiplier by Calendar
Year’’ (Table A) to determine the civil
monetary penalty catch-up adjustment
multiplier by calendar year. The Catchup adjustment is determined by
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Statutory amount
($)
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
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Section III. Non-Section 503 Forfeitures
That Are Affected by the Downward
Adjustment Factors
Violation
(9) Inflation adjustments to the
maximum forfeiture amount.
(i) Pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 (2015
Inflation Adjustment Act), Public Law
114–74 (129 Stat. 599–600), which
amends the Federal Civil Monetary
Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990, Public Law 101–410 (104 Stat.
890; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note), the statutory
maximum amount of a forfeiture penalty
assessed under this section shall be
adjusted for inflation with an initial
‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment through an
interim final rulemaking and interim
final rules published by July 1, 2016, to
take effect by August 1, 2016.
Subsequent annual adjustments shall be
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$11,362, $568/day.
11,362, 568/day.
22,723.
2,272/day.
2,272/day.
11,362/day.
117,742.
10,874/violation. 32,622/day for
each day of continuing violation,
up to 1,087,450 for any single
act or failure to act.
9,468/day (owner).
1,894 (vessel master).
9,468/day (owner).
1,894 (vessel master).
839.
(A) Identifying from Table A, column
A the latest year the penalty level or
penalty range was established or last
adjusted by statute or regulation (other
than pursuant to the Inflation
Adjustment Act), and from column B,
identifying the corresponding multiplier
to adjust the penalty level or range for
inflation;
(B) Multiplying the corresponding
amount from column B by the amount
of the maximum penalty level or the
range of minimum and maximum
penalties as most recently established or
adjusted by statute or regulation (other
than pursuant to the Inflation
Adjustment Act before November 2,
2015);
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(C) Rounding to the nearest dollar;
and
(D) Comparing the new amount or
range of the penalty with the amount or
range in the prior year to ensure the
maximum increase is not more than 150
percent of the most recent levels.
(ii) The application of the inflation
adjustments required by the 2015
Inflation Adjustment Act, 28 U.S.C.
2461 note, results in the following
adjusted statutory maximum forfeitures
authorized by the Communications Act:
U.S. Code citation
47 U.S.C. 202(c) ...................
47 U.S.C. 203(e) ..................
47
47
47
47
47
47
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
205(b)
214(d)
219(b)
220(d)
223(b)
227(e)
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
..................
47
47
47
47
47
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
U.S.C.
362(a) ..................
362(b) ..................
386(a) ..................
386(b) ..................
503(b)(2)(A) .........
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(B) .........
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(C) .........
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(D) .........
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(F) ..........
47 U.S.C. 507(a) ..................
47 U.S.C. 507(b) ..................
47 U.S.C. 554 .......................
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Maximum
penalty after
2015 inflation
adjustment
act
adjustment
($)
$11,362
568
11,362
568
22,723
2,272
2,272
11,362
117,742
10,874
32,622
1,087,450
9,468
1,894
9,468
1,894
47,340
473,402
189,361
1,893,610
383,038
3,535,740
18,936
142,021
108,745
1,087,450
1,875
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275
839
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
48 CFR Part 202
[Docket DARS–2016–0008]
RIN 0750–AI89
Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement: Deletion of
Supplemental Coverage for the
Definition of ‘‘Simplified Acquisition
Threshold’’ (DFARS Case 2016–D007)
Defense Acquisition
Regulations System, Department of
Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
DoD is issuing a final rule
amending the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(DFARS) to delete the supplemental
coverage for the definition ‘‘simplified
acquisition threshold.’’ Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) final rule
2015–020 added to the FAR the
simplified acquisition threshold for
contracts to be awarded and performed,
or purchases to be made, outside the
United States in support of a
humanitarian or peacekeeping
operation.
DATES: Effective June 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System, Attn: Ms. Julie Hammond,
OUSD (AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Room
3B941, 3060 Defense Pentagon,
Washington, DC 20301–3060, telephone
571–372–6174.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
DoD is amending the DFARS to delete
the supplemental definition for
‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ with
regard to humanitarian or peacekeeping
operations at DFARS part 202. This
supplemental definition was included
in DFARS when there was no existing
coverage in the FAR. The simplified
acquisition threshold for humanitarian
or peacekeeping operations has been
added to the FAR under final rule 2015–
020. There is no need to duplicate the
definition in the DFARS; therefore, this
rule removes the supplemental
definition at DFARS part 202.
II. Publication of This Final Rule for
Public Comment Is Not Required by
Statute
41 U.S.C. 1707, Publication of
Proposed Regulations, is the statute that
applies to the publication of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
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Paragraph (a)(1) of the statute requires
that a procurement policy, regulation,
procedure or form (including an
amendment or modification thereof)
must be published for public comment
if it has either a significant effect
beyond the internal operating
procedures of the agency issuing the
policy, regulation, procedure or form
(including an amendment or
modification thereof) must be published
for public comment if it has either a
significant effect beyond the internal
operating procedures of the agency
issuing the policy, regulation, procedure
or form, or has a significant cost or
administrative impact on contractors or
offerors. This final rule is not required
to be published for public comment,
because the DFARS change to remove a
definition that is being elevated to the
FAR will not have any cost or
administrative impact on contractors or
offerors.
III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, of reducing costs, of
harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This is not a significant
regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review under section 6(b) of
E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and
Review, dated September 30.
IV. Applicability to Contracts at or
Below the Simplified Acquisition
Threshold and for Commercial Items,
Including Commercially Available Offthe-Shelf Items
This case does not add any new
provisions or clauses or impact any
existing provisions or clauses.
V. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act does
not apply to this rule because this final
rule does not constitute a significant
DFARS revision within the meaning of
FAR 1.501–1, and 41 U.S.C. 1707 does
not require publication for public
comment.
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act
The rule does not contain any
information collection requirements that
require the approval of the Office of
Management and Budget under the
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 1
[DA 16-644]
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties To Reflect Inflation
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act) requires
the Federal Communications Commission to amend its forfeiture penalty
rules for inflation.
DATES: This rule is effective August 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Cyrus, Enforcement Bureau, 202-
418-7325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 2016, the Enforcement Bureau of
the Federal Communications Commission adopted and released an order on
delegated authority, DA 16-644, which adjusts the Commission's
forfeiture penalties for inflation. On November 2, 2015, the President
signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, which included, as
Section 701 thereto, the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which amended
the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L.
101-410), to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and
maintain their deterrent effect. Under the act, federal agencies,
including the Federal Communications Commission, must issue an interim
final rulemaking and publish interim final rules by July 1, 2016, which
will take effect by August 1, 2016. According to the 2015 Inflation
Adjustment Act, the initial inflation adjustment will be the
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percentage by which the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of
October 2015 exceeds the CPI for the month of October of the calendar
year during which the civil monetary penalty ``was established or
adjusted under a provision of law other than this Act.'' The 2015
Inflation Adjustment Act requires the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to issue, guidance to agencies on
implementing the Act. OMB issued that guidance on February 24, 2016,
and this Order follows that guidance. Pursuant to the 2015 Inflation
Adjustment Act, we update the civil monetary penalties set forth in the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act), to
reflect an ``inflation adjustment'' that derives from the ``cost-of-
living adjustment.'' The cost-of-living adjustment reflects the total
inflation that has taken place in the years since the penalties were
last set or adjusted by statute or rule.
This document does not contain new or modified information
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain
any new or modified information collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
The Commission will not send a copy of this Order per the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because the rules
are amended only to account for inflation and do not substantially
affect the rights or obligations of non-agency parties.
List of Subjects
Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lisa S. Gelb,
Chief of Staff, Enforcement Bureau.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 part 1 as follows:
PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subpart A--General Rules of Practice and Procedure
0
1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq., 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i) and (j),
155, 157, 225, 227, 303(r), and 309.
0
2. Section 1.80 is amended by revising the table following paragraph
(b)(8) ``Section III. Non-Section 503 Forfeitures That Are Affected by
the Downward Adjustment Factors'' and revising paragraph (b)(9) to read
as follows:
Sec. 1.80 Forfeiture proceedings.
* * * * *
Section III. Non-Section 503 Forfeitures That Are Affected by the
Downward Adjustment Factors
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Violation Statutory amount ($)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 202(c) Common Carrier Discrimination.. $11,362, $568/day.
Sec. 203(e) Common Carrier Tariffs......... 11,362, 568/day.
Sec. 205(b) Common Carrier Prescriptions... 22,723.
Sec. 214(d) Common Carrier Line Extensions. 2,272/day.
Sec. 219(b) Common Carrier Reports......... 2,272/day.
Sec. 220(d) Common Carrier Records & 11,362/day.
Accounts.
Sec. 223(b) Dial-a-Porn.................... 117,742.
Sec. 227(e) Caller Identification.......... 10,874/violation. 32,622/
day for each day of
continuing violation, up
to 1,087,450 for any
single act or failure to
act.
Sec. 364(a) Forfeitures (Ships)............ 9,468/day (owner).
Sec. 364(b) Forfeitures (Ships)............ 1,894 (vessel master).
Sec. 386(a) Forfeitures (Ships)............ 9,468/day (owner).
Sec. 386(b) Forfeitures (Ships)............ 1,894 (vessel master).
Sec. 634 Cable EEO......................... 839.
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(9) Inflation adjustments to the maximum forfeiture amount.
(i) Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Inflation Adjustment Act), Public
Law 114-74 (129 Stat. 599-600), which amends the Federal Civil Monetary
Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-410 (104 Stat.
890; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note), the statutory maximum amount of a forfeiture
penalty assessed under this section shall be adjusted for inflation
with an initial ``catch-up'' adjustment through an interim final
rulemaking and interim final rules published by July 1, 2016, to take
effect by August 1, 2016. Subsequent annual adjustments shall be
published by January 15 each year. Catch-up adjustments will be based
on the `cost-of-living adjustment' (CPI), which is the percentage (if
any) by which the CPI for October in the year of the previous
adjustment exceeds the CPI for October 2015. Annual inflation
adjustments will be based on the percentage (if any) by which the CPI
for October preceding the date of the adjustment exceeds the prior
year's CPI for October. The Office of Management and Budget has
provided ``Table A: 2016 Civil Monetary Penalty Catch-Up Adjustment
Multiplier by Calendar Year'' (Table A) to determine the civil monetary
penalty catch-up adjustment multiplier by calendar year. The Catch-up
adjustment is determined by
(A) Identifying from Table A, column A the latest year the penalty
level or penalty range was established or last adjusted by statute or
regulation (other than pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act), and
from column B, identifying the corresponding multiplier to adjust the
penalty level or range for inflation;
(B) Multiplying the corresponding amount from column B by the
amount of the maximum penalty level or the range of minimum and maximum
penalties as most recently established or adjusted by statute or
regulation (other than pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act before
November 2, 2015);
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(C) Rounding to the nearest dollar; and
(D) Comparing the new amount or range of the penalty with the
amount or range in the prior year to ensure the maximum increase is not
more than 150 percent of the most recent levels.
(ii) The application of the inflation adjustments required by the
2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, results in the
following adjusted statutory maximum forfeitures authorized by the
Communications Act:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum
penalty after
2015 inflation
U.S. Code citation adjustment
act
adjustment
($)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
47 U.S.C. 202(c)........................................ $11,362
568
47 U.S.C. 203(e)........................................ 11,362
568
47 U.S.C. 205(b)........................................ 22,723
47 U.S.C. 214(d)........................................ 2,272
47 U.S.C. 219(b)........................................ 2,272
47 U.S.C. 220(d)........................................ 11,362
47 U.S.C. 223(b)........................................ 117,742
47 U.S.C. 227(e)........................................ 10,874
32,622
1,087,450
47 U.S.C. 362(a)........................................ 9,468
47 U.S.C. 362(b)........................................ 1,894
47 U.S.C. 386(a)........................................ 9,468
47 U.S.C. 386(b)........................................ 1,894
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(A).................................. 47,340
473,402
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(B).................................. 189,361
1,893,610
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(C).................................. 383,038
3,535,740
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(D).................................. 18,936
142,021
108,745
47 U.S.C. 503(b)(2)(F).................................. 1,087,450
1,875
47 U.S.C. 507(a)........................................ ..............
47 U.S.C. 507(b)........................................ 275
47 U.S.C. 554........................................... 839
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[FR Doc. 2016-14801 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
