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penalties notwithstanding Section 553
of the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA). Additionally, the Inflation
Adjustment Act provides a cost-of-living
formula for adjustment of the civil
penalties. Accordingly, this final rule
sets forth the Department’s 2019 annual
adjustments for inflation to its civil
monetary penalties.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
January 23, 2019. As provided by the
Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased
penalty levels apply to any penalties
assessed after the effective date of this
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
FitzGerald, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–5076
(this is not a toll-free number). Copies
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
20 CFR Part 655
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
20 CFR Parts 702, 725, 726
Office of the Secretary
29 CFR Part 5
41 CFR Part 50–201
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29 CFR Parts 500, 501, 503, 530, 570,
578, 579, 801, 825
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
29 CFR Parts 1902, 1903
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
29 CFR Part 2560, 2575, 2590
Preamble Table of Contents
Mine Safety and Health Administration
I. Background
II. Adjustment for 2019
III. Paperwork Reduction Act
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review, Executive Order
13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review, and Executive Order
13771: Reducing Regulations and
Controlling Regulatory Costs
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal
Governments
D. The Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act of 1999: Assessment
of Federal Regulations and Policies on
Families
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally
Protected Property Rights
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice
Reform Analysis
30 CFR Part 100
RIN 1290–AA33
Department of Labor Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Annual Adjustments for 2019
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Office of the
Secretary, Wage and Hour Division,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, and Mine
Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of Labor
(Department) is publishing this final
rule to adjust for inflation the civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
by the Department, pursuant to the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by
the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The
Inflation Adjustment Act requires the
Department to annually adjust its civil
money penalty levels for inflation no
later than January 15 of each year. The
Inflation Adjustment Act provides that
agencies shall adjust civil monetary
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SUMMARY:
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I. Background
On November 2, 2015, Congress
enacted the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, 701
(Inflation Adjustment Act), which
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further amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990 as previously amended by the
1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act
(collectively, the ‘‘Prior Inflation
Adjustment Act’’), to improve the
effectiveness of civil monetary penalties
and to maintain their deterrent effect.
The Inflation Adjustment Act required
agencies to: (1) Adjust the level of civil
monetary penalties with an initial
‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment through an
interim final rule (IFR); and (2) make
subsequent annual adjustments for
inflation no later than January 15 of
each year.
On July 1, 2016, the Department
published an IFR that established the
initial catch-up adjustment for most
civil penalties that the Department
administers and requested comments.
See 81 FR 43430 (DOL IFR). On January
18, 2017, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2017 Annual
Adjustment for those civil monetary
penalties adjusted in the DOL IFR. See
82 FR 5373 (DOL 2017 Annual
Adjustment). On July 1, 2016, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) (collectively, ‘‘the Departments’’)
jointly published an IFR that established
the initial catch-up adjustment for civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
in connection with the employment of
temporary nonimmigrant workers under
the H–2B program. See 81 FR 42983
(Joint IFR). On March 17, 2017, the
Departments jointly published the final
rule establishing the 2017 Annual
Adjustment for the H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 82 FR 14147 (Joint 2017
Annual Adjustment). The Joint 2017
Annual Adjustment also explained that
DOL would make future adjustments to
the H–2B civil monetary penalties
consistent with DOL’s delegated
authority under 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14),
Immigration and Nationality Act section
214(c)(14), and the Inflation Adjustment
Act. See 82 FR 14147–48. On January 2,
2018, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2018 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 83 FR 7 (DOL 2018
Annual Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2019 annual
inflation adjustments, as required by the
Inflation Adjustment Act, for civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
by the Department, including H–2B civil
monetary penalties.1 The Inflation
1 The Department is also responsible for
administering and enforcing a newly-enacted civil
monetary penalty under the Fair Labor Standards
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Adjustment Act provides that the
increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after the effective
date of the increase. Pursuant to the
Inflation Adjustment Act, this final rule
is published notwithstanding Section
553 of the APA.
II. Adjustment for 2019
The Department has undertaken a
thorough review of civil penalties
administered by its various components
pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment
Act and in accordance with guidance
issued by the Office of Management and
Budget.2 The Department first identified
the most recent penalty amount, which
is the amount established by the 2018
annual adjustment as set forth in the
DOL 2018 Annual Adjustment
published on January 2, 2018.
The Department is required to
calculate the annual adjustment based
on the Consumer Price Index for all
Urban Consumers (CPI–U). Annual
inflation adjustments are based on the
percent change between the October
CPI–U preceding the date of the
adjustment, and the prior year’s October
CPI–U; in this case, the percent change
between the October 2018 CPI–U and
the October 2017 CPI–U. The cost-ofliving adjustment multiplier for 2019,
based on the Consumer Price Index
(CPI–U) for the month of October 2018,
not seasonally adjusted, is 1.02522.3 In
order to compute the 2019 annual
adjustment, the Department multiplied
the most recent penalty amount for each
applicable penalty by the multiplier,
1.02522, and rounded to the nearest
dollar.
As provided by the Inflation
Adjustment Act, the increased penalty
levels apply to any penalties assessed
after the effective date of this rule.4
Accordingly, for penalties assessed after
January 23, 2019, whose associated
violations occurred after November 2,
2015, the higher penalty amounts
outlined in this rule will apply. The
tables below demonstrate the penalty
amounts that apply:
CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR THE H–2B TEMPORARY NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
On or before November 2, 2015 ....................................
On or before November 2, 2015 ....................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
On or before August 1, 2016 ........................................
After August 1, 2016 .....................................................
After August 1, 2016, but on or before March 17, 2017
After March 17, 2017 but on or before January 2,
2018.
After January 2, 2018 but on or before January 23,
2019.
After January 23, 2019 ..................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
Which penalty level applies
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
August 1, 2016 levels.
March 17, 2017 levels.
January 2, 2018 levels.
January 23, 2019 levels.
CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR OTHER DOL PROGRAMS
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
On or before November 2, 2015 ....................................
On or before November 2, 2015 ....................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
On or before August 1, 2016 ........................................
After August 1, 2016 .....................................................
After August 1, 2016, but on or before January 13,
2017.
After January 13, 2017 but on or before January 2,
2018.
After January 2, 2018 but on or before January 23,
2019.
After January 23, 2019 ..................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
After November 2, 2015 .................................................
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III. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires that the
Department consider the impact of
paperwork and other information
collection burdens imposed on the
public. The Department has determined
that this final rule does not require any
collection of information.
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
The Inflation Adjustment Act
provides that agencies shall annually
adjust civil monetary penalties for
inflation notwithstanding Section 553 of
the APA. Additionally, the Inflation
Adjustment Act provides a
Act (see Pub. L. 115–141, sec. 1201 (2018)), but the
Inflation Adjustment Act does not require the
Department to adjust this new penalty in 2019
because Congress enacted the penalty within the
preceding 12 months. See 28 U.S.C. 2462 Note, sec.
4(d); OMB Circular M–16–06.
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Which penalty level applies
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
August 1, 2016 levels.
January 13, 2017 levels.
January 2, 2018 levels.
January 23, 2019 levels.
Executive Order 12866 requires that
regulatory agencies assess both the costs
and benefits of significant regulatory
actions. Under the Executive Order, a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ is one
meeting any of a number of specified
conditions, including the following:
Having an annual effect on the economy
of $100 million or more; creating a
serious inconsistency or interfering with
an action of another agency; materially
altering the budgetary impact of
entitlements or the rights of entitlement
recipients, or raising novel legal or
policy issues.
The Department has determined that
this final rule is not a ‘‘significant’’
regulatory action and a cost-benefit and
economic analysis is not required. This
2 M–19–04, Implementation of Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for 2019, Pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (Dec. 14, 2018).
3 OMB provided the year-over-year multiplier,
rounded to 5 decimal points. Id. at 1.
4 Appendix 1 consists of a table that provides
ready access to key information about each penalty.
nondiscretionary cost-of-living formula
for annual adjustment of the civil
monetary penalties. For these reasons,
the requirements in sections 553(b), (c),
and (d) of the APA, relating to notice
and comment and requiring that a rule
be effective 30 days after publication in
the Federal Register, are inapplicable.
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review, Executive Order
13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review, and Executive
Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs
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regulation merely adjusts civil monetary
penalties in accordance with inflation as
required by the Inflation Adjustment
Act, and has no impact on disclosure or
compliance costs. The benefit provided
by the inflationary adjustment to the
maximum civil monetary penalties is
that of maintaining the incentive for the
regulated community to comply with
the laws enforced by the Department,
and not allowing the incentive to be
diminished by inflation. This rule is not
an Executive Order 13771 regulatory
action because this rule is not
significant under Executive Order
12866.
Executive Order 13563 directs
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). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility to minimize
burden.
The Inflation Adjustment Act directed
the Department to issue the annual
adjustments without regard to Section
553 of the APA. In that context,
Congress has already determined that
any possible increase in costs is justified
by the overall benefits of such
adjustments. This final rule makes only
the statutory changes outlined herein;
thus there are no alternatives or further
analysis required by Executive Order
13563.
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VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 601 et seq. (RFA), imposes
certain requirements on Federal agency
rules that are subject to the notice and
comment requirements of the APA, 5
U.S.C. 553(b). This final rule is exempt
from the requirements of the APA
because the Inflation Adjustment Act
directed the Department to issue the
annual adjustments without regard to
Section 553 of the APA. Therefore, the
requirements of the RFA applicable to
notices of proposed rulemaking, 5
U.S.C. 603, do not apply to this rule.
Accordingly, the Department is not
required to either certify that the final
rule would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities or conduct a
regulatory flexibility analysis.
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VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or Tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. This Final Rule
will not result in such an expenditure.
Therefore, no actions were deemed
necessary under the provisions of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995.
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Section 18 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C.
667) requires OSHA-approved State
Plans to have standards and an
enforcement program that are at least as
effective as federal OSHA’s standards
and enforcement program. OSHAapproved State Plans must have
maximum and minimum penalty levels
that are at least as effective as federal
OSHA’s per Section 18(c)(2) of the OSH
Act. See also 29 CFR 1902.4(c)(2)(xi);
1902.37(b)(12). State Plans are required
to increase their penalties in alignment
with OSHA’s penalty increases to
maintain at least as effective penalty
levels.
State Plans are not required to impose
monetary penalties on state and local
government employers. See
§ 1956.11(c)(2)(x). Five (5) states and
one territory have State Plans that cover
only state and local government
employees: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine,
New Jersey, New York, and the Virgin
Islands. Therefore, the requirements to
increase the penalty levels do not apply
to these State Plans. Twenty-one (21)
states and one U.S. territory have State
Plans that cover both private sector
employees and state and local
government employees: Alaska,
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
They must increase their penalties for
private-sector employers.
Other than as listed above, this final
rule does not have federalism
implications because it does not have
substantial direct effects on the states,
on the relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. Accordingly,
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Executive Order 13132, Federalism,
requires no further agency action or
analysis.
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal
Governments
This final rule does not have ‘‘tribal
implications’’ because it does not have
substantial direct effects on one or more
Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal government and Indian tribes.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13175,
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments, requires no
further agency action or analysis.
D. The Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act of
1999: Assessment of Federal
Regulations and Policies on Families
This final rule will have no effect on
family well-being or stability, marital
commitment, parental rights or
authority, or income or poverty of
families and children. Accordingly,
section 654 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act of 1999
(5 U.S.C. 601 note) requires no further
agency action, analysis, or assessment.
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
This final rule will have no adverse
impact on children. Accordingly,
Executive Order 13045, Protection of
Children from Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks, as amended by
Executive Orders 13229 and 13296,
requires no further agency action or
analysis.
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
A review of this final rule in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality, 40 CFR part
1500 et seq.; and the Departmental
NEPA procedures, 29 CFR part 11,
indicates that the final rule will not
have a significant impact on the quality
of the human environment. As a result,
there is no corresponding
environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement.
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy
Supply
This final rule has been reviewed for
its impact on the supply, distribution,
and use of energy because it applies, in
part, to the coal mining and uranium
industries. MSHA has concluded that
the adjustment of civil monetary
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penalties to keep pace with inflation
and thus maintain the incentive for
operators to maintain safe and healthful
workplaces is not a significant energy
action because it is not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution, or use of energy.
This final rule has not been identified
to have other impacts on energy supply.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13211
requires no further Agency action or
analysis.
H. Executive Order 12630:
Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights
This final rule will not implement a
policy with takings implications.
Accordingly, Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference
with Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights, requires no further agency action
or analysis.
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice
Reform Analysis
This final rule was drafted and
reviewed in accordance with Executive
Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This
final rule was written to provide a clear
legal standard for affected conduct and
was carefully reviewed to eliminate
drafting errors and ambiguities, so as to
minimize litigation and undue burden
on the Federal court system. The
Department has determined that this
final rule meets the applicable standards
provided in section 3 of Executive Order
12988.
20 CFR Part 702
Administrative practice and
procedure, Longshore and harbor
workers, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Workers’
compensation.
20 CFR Part 725
Administrative practice and
procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Administrative practice and
procedure, Agriculture, Aliens,
Employment, Housing, Housing
standards, Immigration, Labor, Migrant
labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 503
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Employment,
Housing, Immigration, Labor, Penalties,
Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 530
29 CFR Part 570
Child labor, Law enforcement,
Penalties.
29 CFR Part 578
Penalties, Wages.
29 CFR Part 579
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Administrative practice and
procedure, Employment, Lie detector
tests, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 825
Administrative practice and
procedure, Airmen, Employee benefit
plans, Health, Health insurance, Labor
management relations, Maternal and
child health, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Teachers.
Intergovernmental relations, Law
enforcement, Occupational Safety and
Health, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 2560
29 CFR Part 5
Administrative practice and
procedure, Construction industry,
Employee benefit plans, Government
contracts, Law enforcement, Minimum
wages, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Employee benefit plans, Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, Law
enforcement, Penalties, Pensions,
Reporting and recordkeeping.
29 CFR Part 2575
Administrative practice and
procedure, Employee benefit plans,
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Employee Retirement Income Security
Act, Health care, Penalties, Pensions.
29 CFR Part 2590
Employee benefit plans, Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, Health
care, Health insurance, Penalties,
Pensions, Reporting and recordkeeping.
30 CFR Part 100
Mine safety and health, Penalties.
41 CFR Part 50–201
Child labor, Government
procurement, Minimum wages,
Occupational safety and health,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 20 CFR chapters V and VI, 29
CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII,
and XXV, 30 CFR chapter I, and 41 CFR
subtitle B are amended as follows.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Administrative practice and
procedure, Clothing, Homeworkers,
Indians—arts and crafts, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Surety bonds, Watches
and jewelry.
29 CFR Parts 1902 and 1903
20 CFR Part 726
Administrative practice and
procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Mines, Penalties.
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29 CFR Part 501
29 CFR Part 801
20 CFR Part 655
Immigration, Labor, Penalties.
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Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Housing, Insurance,
Intergovernmental relations,
Investigations, Migrant labor, Motor
vehicle safety, Occupational safety and
health, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wages,
Whistleblowing.
Child labor, Penalties.
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Title 20—Employees’ Benefits
PART 655—TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN
WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES
1. The authority citation for part 655
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)
and (ii), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n) and
(t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and 1288(c) and
(d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101–238, 103 Stat.
2099, 2102 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a),
Pub. L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, 5027 (8
U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102–
232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103–206, 107 Stat.
2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105–277, 112 Stat.
2681 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L.
106–95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182
note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107–296, 116
Stat. 2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109–423, 120
Stat. 2900; 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(i); and 8 CFR
214.2(h)(6)(iii).
Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; and 8
CFR 214.2(h).
Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C.
1288(c) and (d); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103–206,
107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub.
L. 114–74 at section 701.
Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and (b)(1), 1182(n) and
(t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L.
102–232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note); sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105–277, 112 Stat.
2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461
note, Pub. L. 114–74 at section 701.
Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and 1182(m); sec. 2(d),
Pub. L. 106–95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C.
1182 note); Pub. L. 109–423, 120 Stat. 2900;
and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
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§ § 655.620, 655.801, and 655.810
[Amended]
Paragraph
2. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
■
Paragraph
Remove
§ 655.620(a) ....................
§ 655.801(b) ....................
§ 655.810(b)(1) introductory text .......................
§ 655.810(b)(2) introductory text .......................
Add
$9,239
7,520
$9,472
7,710
1,848
1,895
7,520
7,710
§ 655.810(b)(3) introductory text .......................
Add
52,641
53,969
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701;
Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR
3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary’s Order 10–
2009, 74 FR 58834.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
§ § 702.204, 702.236, and 702.271
[Amended]
4. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the section or
paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount or date indicated in the right
column.
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PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND
PROCEDURE
3. The authority citation for part 702
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.;
33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.;
43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal
Section/paragraph
Remove
§ 702.204 ...............................................................................
§ 702.204 ...............................................................................
§ 702.236 ...............................................................................
§ 702.236 ...............................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
$23,426 ................................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$285 .....................................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$2,343 ..................................................................................
$11,712 ................................................................................
PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS
UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ACT, AS AMENDED
5. The authority citation for part 725
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950,
15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921,
932, 936; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405;
Secretary’s Order 10–2009, 74 FR 58834.
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Remove
§ 725.621
[Amended]
6. In § 725.621, amend paragraph (d)
by removing ‘‘January 2, 2018’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘January 23, 2019’’
and by removing ‘‘$1,426’’ and adding
in its place ‘‘$1,462’’.
■
PART 726—BLACK LUNG BENEFITS;
REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE
OPERATOR’S INSURANCE
7. The authority citation for part 726
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et
seq., 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C.
Add
901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701; Reorganization
Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary’s
Order 10–2009, 74 FR 58834.
§ 726.302
[Amended]
8. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph
and add in its place the dollar amount
or date indicated in the right column.
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Paragraph
Remove
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) introductory text ........................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(4) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(4) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(5) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(5) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(6) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(6) ......................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$139 .....................................................................................
278 .......................................................................................
417 .......................................................................................
555 .......................................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$139 .....................................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$417 .....................................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$2,852 ..................................................................................
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January 23, 2019.
$292.
January 23, 2019.
January 23, 2019.
$2,402.
$12,007.
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$143.
285.
428.
569.
January
$143.
January
$428.
January
$2,924.
23, 2019.
23, 2019.
23, 2019.
23, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
§ 500.1
Wage and Hour Division
■
13. In § 500.1, amend paragraph (e) by
removing ‘‘$2,443’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,505’’.
Title 29—Labor
PART 5—LABOR STANDARDS
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS COVERING FEDERALLY
FINANCED AND ASSISTED
CONSTRUCTION (ALSO LABOR
STANDARDS PROVISIONS
APPLICABLE TO NONCONSTRUCTION
CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE
CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND
SAFETY STANDARDS ACT)
9. The authority citation for part 5
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 161, 64 Stat.
1267; Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950, 5
U.S.C. appendix; 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.; 40
U.S.C. 3145; 40 U.S.C. 3148; 40 U.S.C. 3701
et seq.; and the laws listed in 5.1(a) of this
part; Secretary’s Order No. 01–2014 (Dec. 19,
2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
§ 701, 129 Stat 584.
§ 5.5
[Amended]
10. In § 5.5, amend paragraph (b)(2) by
removing ‘‘$26’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$27’’.
[Amended]
11. In § 5.8, amend paragraph (a) by
removing ‘‘$26’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$27’’.
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PART 500—MIGRANT AND SEASONAL
AGRICULTURAL WORKER
PROTECTION
12. The authority citation for part 500
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Pub. L. 97–470, 96 Stat. 2583
(29 U.S.C. 1801–1872); Secretary’s Order No.
01–2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec.
24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
and Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat 584.
§ 503.23
PART 501—ENFORCEMENT OF
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR
TEMPORARY ALIEN AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER
SECTION 218 OF THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT
17. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph, and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column:
14. The authority citation for part 501
continues to read as follows:
Paragraph
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a),
1184(c), and 1188; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114–74 at § 701.
§ 501.19
[Amended]
■
■
Remove
§ 503.23(b) ................
§ 503.23(c) ................
§ 503.23(d) ................
Add
$12,383
12,383
12,383
$12,695
12,695
12,695
[Amended]
PART 530—EMPLOYMENT OF
HOMEWORKERS IN CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES
15. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
■
■
§ 5.8
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); 8
U.S.C. 1184; 8 CFR 214.2(h); 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
§ 701.
[Amended]
Paragraph
§ 501.19(c) introductory text .................
§ 501.19(c)(1) ............
§ 501.19(c)(2) ............
§ 501.19(c)(4) ............
§ 501.19(d) ................
§ 501.19(e) ................
§ 501.19(f) .................
Remove
$1,692
5,695
56,391
112,780
5,695
16,917
16,917
18. The authority citation for part 530
continues to read as follows:
■
Add
$1,735
5,839
57,813
115,624
5,839
17,344
17,344
PART 503—ENFORCEMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY
NONIMMIGRANT NONAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT—[AMENDED]
16. The authority citation for part 503
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066 (29 U.S.C.
211) as amended by sec. 9, 63 Stat. 910 (29
U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary’s Order No. 01–2014
(Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014);
28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114–74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
19. In § 530.302, amend paragraph (a)
by removing ‘‘$1,026’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$1,052’’ and revise paragraph (b).
The revision reads as follows:
■
§ 530.302
Amounts of civil penalties.
*
*
*
*
*
(b) The amount of civil money
penalties shall be determined per
affected homeworker within the limits
set forth in the following schedule,
except that no penalty shall be assessed
in the case of violations which are
deemed to be de minimis in nature:
Penalty per affected homeworker
Nature of violation
Minor
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Monetary violations ......................................................................................................................
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate ......................................................................
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer assurances ..............................................
PART 570—CHILD LABOR
REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND
STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION
20. The authority citation for Subpart
G of part 570 continues to read as
follows:
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Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
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$21–210
21–210
........................
21–210
§ 570.140
$210–421
210–421
210–421
210–421
Repeated,
intentional
or knowing
$421–1,052
........................
421–1,052
421–1,052
[Amended]
21. In § 570.140, amend paragraph
(b)(1) by removing ‘‘$12,529’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘$12,845’’ and
paragraph (b)(2) by removing ‘‘$56,947’’
and adding in its place ‘‘$58,383’’.
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PART 578—MINIMUM WAGE AND
OVERTIME VIOLATIONS—CIVIL
MONEY PENALTIES
22. The authority citation for part 578
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 101–157, 103
Stat. 938, sec. 3103, Pub. L. 101–508, 104
Stat. 1388–29 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)), Pub. L. 101–
410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as
amended by Pub. L. 104–134, section
31001(s), 110 Stat. 1321–358, 1321–373, and
Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat 584.
§ 578.3
[Amended]
Paragraph
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A) .....
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B) .....
§ 579.1(a)(2) .............
Remove
Add
$12,529
56,947
1,964
$12,845
58,383
2,014
PART 801—APPLICATION OF THE
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH
PROTECTION ACT OF 1988
23. In § 578.3, amend paragraph (a) by
removing ‘‘$1,964’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,014’’.
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PART 579—CHILD LABOR
VIOLATIONS—CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
Authority: Pub. L. 100–347, 102 Stat. 646,
29 U.S.C. 2001–2009; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701, 129
Stat 584.
24. The authority citation for part 579
continues to read as follows:
§ 801.42
■
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 203(l), 211, 212,
213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 64
Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat.
72, 76; Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 01–
2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24,
2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
and Pub. L. 114–7, 129 Stat 584.
§ 579.1
[Amended]
25. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
■
26. The authority citation for part 801
continues to read as follows:
[Amended]
27. In § 801.42 amend paragraph (a)
introductory text by removing
‘‘$20,521’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$21,039’’.
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PART 825—THE FAMILY AND
MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114–
74 at sec. 701.
§ 825.300
[Amended]
29. In § 825.300 amend paragraph
(a)(1) by removing ‘‘$169’’ and adding in
its place ‘‘$173’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Title 29—Labor
PART 1903—INSPECTIONS,
CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED
PENALTIES
30. The authority citation for part
1903 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Secs. 8 and 9 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(29 U.S.C. 657, 658); 5 U.S.C. 553; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990), as amended by
Section 701, Pub. L. 114–74; Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan.
25, 2012).
§ 1903.15
[Amended]
31. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph
and add in its place the dollar amount
or date indicated in the right column.
■
28. The authority citation for part 825
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2654; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Paragraph
Remove
§ 1903.15(d) introductory text ...............................................
§ 1903.15(d)(1) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(1) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(2) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(3) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(4) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(5) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(6) ......................................................................
January 2, 2018 ...................................................................
$9,239 ..................................................................................
$129,336 ..............................................................................
$129,336 ..............................................................................
$12,934 ................................................................................
$12,934 ................................................................................
$12,934 ................................................................................
$12,934 ................................................................................
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Title 30—Mineral Resources
32. The authority citation for part 100
continues to read as follows:
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820, 957; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701.
Add
*
*
*
(g) * * *
33. In § 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1)
introductory text by removing
‘‘$70,834’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$72,620’’ and in paragraph (g) by
revising Table XIV-Penalty Conversion
Table.
The revision reads as follows:
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$9,472.
$132,598.
$132,598.
$13,260.
$13,260.
$13,260.
$13,260.
§ 100.3 Determination of penalty amount;
regular assessment.
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PART 100—CRITERIA AND
PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES
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appears in the paragraph and add in its
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TABLE XIV—PENALTY CONVERSION
TABLE
Penalty
($)
Points
60 or fewer ...................................
61 ..................................................
62 ..................................................
63 ..................................................
64 ..................................................
65 ..................................................
66 ..................................................
67 ..................................................
68 ..................................................
69 ..................................................
70 ..................................................
71 ..................................................
72 ..................................................
73 ..................................................
74 ..................................................
75 ..................................................
76 ..................................................
77 ..................................................
78 ..................................................
79 ..................................................
80 ..................................................
81 ..................................................
82 ..................................................
83 ..................................................
84 ..................................................
85 ..................................................
86 ..................................................
87 ..................................................
88 ..................................................
89 ..................................................
90 ..................................................
91 ..................................................
92 ..................................................
93 ..................................................
94 ..................................................
95 ..................................................
96 ..................................................
97 ..................................................
98 ..................................................
99 ..................................................
100 ................................................
$135
147
158
172
187
202
218
238
256
278
301
326
355
383
414
450
489
527
572
620
672
727
787
854
925
1003
1,086
1,175
1,274
1,380
1,495
1,619
1,753
1,899
2,058
2,229
2,414
2,615
2,834
3,070
3,326
*
TABLE XIV—PENALTY CONVERSION
TABLE—Continued
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
................................................
or more ..................................
*
MSHA
MSHA
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MSHA
Law
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
MSHA
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
MSHA
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
MSHA
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
MSHA
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
MSHA
Federal Mine Safety &
Health Act of 1977.
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*
[Amended]
34. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
■
3,602
3,902
4,227
4,579
4,961
5,374
5,822
6,307
6,832
7,401
8,016
8,686
9,409
10,193
11,041
11,960
12,957
14,036
15,206
16,471
17,844
19,329
20,940
22,685
24,571
26,619
28,837
31,238
33,840
36,659
39,712
43,019
46,601
50,319
54,035
57,754
61,469
65,187
68,903
72,620
Paragraph
Remove
§ 100.4(a) ......................
§ 100.4(b) ......................
§ 100.4(c) introductory
text ............................
§ 100.4(c) introductory
text ............................
§ 100.5(c) ......................
§ 100.5(d) ......................
§ 100.5(e) ......................
Add
$2,361
4,721
$2,421
4,840
5,903
6,052
70,834
7,673
324
259,725
72,620
7,867
332
266,275
Title 41—Public Contracts and Property
Management
PART 50–201—GENERAL
REGULATIONS
35. The authority citation for part 50–
201 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 2038; 41 U.S.C.
38. Interpret or apply sec. 6, 49 Stat. 2038,
as amended; 41 U.S.C. 40; 108 Stat. 7201; 28
U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114–74 at § 701, 129 Stat 584.
§ 50–201.3
[Amended]
36. In § 50–201.3, amend paragraph
(e) by removing ‘‘$26’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$27’’.
■
Note: The following Appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
2018
Agency
*
§ § 100.4 and 100.5
Penalty
($)
Points
*
2019
Name/description
CFR citation
Min. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Max. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Min. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Regular Assessment ..............
30 CFR 100.3(a) ............
........................
$70,834 ..........
........................
$72,620.
Penalty Conversion Table ......
30 CFR 100.3(g) ............
$132
$70,834 ..........
$135
$72,620.
Minimum Penalty for any
order issued under
104(d)(1) of the Mine Act.
Minimum penalty for any
order issued under
104(d)(2) of the Mine Act.
Penalty for failure to provide
timely notification under
103(j) of the Mine Act.
Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a
citation or order was issued
under 104(a) of the Mine
Act.
Violation of mandatory safety
standards related to smoking standards.
Flagrant violations under
110(b)(2) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.4(a) ............
2,361
........................
2,421
30 CFR 100.4(b) ............
4,721
........................
4,840
39 CFR 100.4(c) ............
5,903
$70,834 ..........
6,052
30 CFR 100.5(c) ............
........................
$7,673 ............
........................
$7,867.
30 CFR 100.5(d) ............
........................
$324 ...............
........................
$332.
30 CFR 100.5(e) ............
........................
$259,725 ........
........................
$266,275.
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(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
$72,620.
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2019
Agency
Law
Name/description
CFR citation
Min. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Max. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Min. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$29 .................
........................
$30.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$2,140 ............
........................
$2,194.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$1,693 ............
........................
$1,736.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$1,558 ............
........................
$1,597.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$152 per day,
not to exceed $1,527
per request.
........................
$156 per day,
not to exceed $1,566
per request.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$136 ...............
........................
$139.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$1,344 ............
........................
$1,378.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$114 ...............
........................
$117.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$114 ...............
........................
$117.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Section 209(b): Failure to furnish reports (e.g., pension
benefit statements) to certain former participants and
beneficiaries or maintain
records.
Section 502(c)(2)—Per day
for failure/refusal to properly
file plan annual report.
Section 502(c)(4)—Per day
for failure to disclose certain documents upon request under ERISA 101(k)
and (l); failure to furnish notices under 101(j) and
514(e)(3)—each statutory
recipient a separate violation.
Section 502(c)(5)—Per day
for each failure to file annual report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) under
101(g).
Section 502(c)(6)—Per day
for each failure to provide
Secretary of Labor requested documentation not
to exceed a per-request
maximum.
Section 502(c)(7)—Per day
for each failure to provide
notices of blackout periods
and of right to divest employer securities—each
statutory recipient a separate violation.
Section 502(c)(8)—Per each
failure by an endangered
status multiemployer plan to
adopt a funding improvement plan or meet benchmarks; failure of a critical
status multiemployer plan to
adopt a rehabilitation plan.
Section 502(c)(9)(A)—Per day
for each failure by an employer to inform employees
of CHIP coverage opportunities under Section
701(f)(3)(B)(i)(l)—each employee a separate violation.
Section 502(c)(9)(B)—Per day
for each failure by a plan to
timely provide to any State
information required to be
disclosed under Section
701(f)(3)(B)(ii), as added by
CHIP regarding coverage
coordination—each participant/beneficiary a separate
violation.
Section 502(c)(10)—Failure
by any plan sponsor of
group health plan, or any
health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with
the plan, to meet the requirements of Sections
702(a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c) or
(d); or Section 701; or Section 702(b)(1) with respect
to genetic information—
daily per participant and
beneficiary non-compliance
period.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$114 ...............
........................
$117.
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dollar)
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nearest
dollar)
Agency
Law
Name/description
CFR citation
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected de minimis violation.
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected violations that are
not de minimis.
Section 502(c)(10)—unintentional failure maximum cap.
Section 502(c)(12)—Per day
for each failure of a CSEC
plan in restoration status to
adopt a restoration plan.
Section 502(m)—Failure of fiduciary to make a proper
distribution from a defined
benefit plan under section
206(e) of ERISA.
Failure to provide Summary of
Benefits Coverage under
PHS Act section 2715(f), as
incorporated in ERISA section 715 and 29 CFR
2590.715–2715(e).
Serious Violation ....................
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
2,847
........................
2,919
$0.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
17,084
........................
17,515
$0.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$569,468 ........
........................
$583,830.
29CFR 2575.1–3 ............
........................
$104 ...............
........................
$107.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$16,499 ..........
........................
$16,915.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ..........
........................
$1,128 ............
........................
$1,156.
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(3) ....
........................
$12,934 ..........
........................
$13,260.
Other-Than-Serious ...............
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(4) ....
........................
$12,934 ..........
........................
$13,260.
Willful ......................................
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(1) ....
9,239
$129,336 ........
9,472
$132,598.
Repeated ................................
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(2) ....
........................
$129,336 ........
........................
$132,598.
Posting Requirement .............
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(6) ....
........................
$12,934 ..........
........................
$13,260.
Failure to Abate .....................
29 CFR 1903.15(d)(5) ....
........................
$12,934 ..........
........................
$13,260.
FMLA ......................................
29 CFR 825.300(a)(1) ....
........................
$169 ...............
........................
$173.
FLSA ......................................
Child Labor .............................
Child Labor .............................
Child Labor .............................
Child Labor that causes serious injury or death.
Child Labor that causes serious injury or death.
Child Labor willful or repeated
that causes serious injury
or death.
MSPA .....................................
29
29
29
29
29
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
$1,964 ............
$1,964 ............
$12,529 ..........
$12,529 ..........
$56,947 ..........
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
$2,014.
$2,014.
$12,845.
$12,845.
$58,383.
29 CFR 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)
........................
$56,947 ..........
........................
$58,383.
29 CFR 570.140(b)(2);
29 CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
29 CFR 500.1(e) ............
........................
$113,894 ........
........................
$116,766.
........................
$2,443 ............
........................
$2,505.
H1B ........................................
20 CFR 655.810(b)(1) ....
........................
$1,848 ............
........................
$1,895.
H1B retaliation .......................
20 CFR 655.801(b) ........
........................
$7,520 ............
........................
$7,710.
H1B willful or discrimination ...
20 CFR 655.810(b)(2) ....
........................
$7,520 ............
........................
$7,710.
H1B willful that resulted in
displacement of a US worker.
D–1 .........................................
20 CFR 655.810(b)(3) ....
........................
$52,641 ..........
........................
$53,969.
20 CFR 655.620(a) ........
........................
$9,239 ............
........................
$9,472.
CWHSSA ...............................
29 CFR 5.5(b)(2) ............
........................
$26 .................
........................
$27.
CWHSSA ...............................
29 CFR 5.8(a) ................
........................
$26 .................
........................
$27.
Walsh-Healey .........................
41 CFR 50–201.3(e) ......
........................
$26 .................
........................
$27.
EPPA ......................................
29 CFR 801.42(a) ..........
........................
$20,521 ..........
........................
$21,039.
H2A ........................................
29 CFR 501.19(c) ..........
........................
$1,692 ............
........................
$1,735.
H2A willful or discrimination ...
29 CFR 501.19(c)(1) ......
........................
$5,695 ............
........................
$5,839.
H2A Safety or health resulting
in serious injury or death.
29 CFR 501.19(c)(2) ......
........................
$56,391 ..........
........................
$57,813.
EBSA ..
EBSA ..
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
EBSA ..
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
OSHA
...
...
...
...
...
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational Safety and
Health Act.
Family and Medical
Leave Act.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
WHD ...
Fair Labor Standards Act
WHD ...
Fair Labor Standards Act
WHD ...
Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker
Protection Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
OSHA
OSHA
OSHA
OSHA
OSHA
WHD ...
WHD
WHD
WHD
WHD
WHD
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
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WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Contract Work Hours
and Safety Standards
Act.
Contract Work Hours
and Safety Standards
Act.
Walsh-Healey Public
Contracts Act.
Employee Polygraph
Protection Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
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(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Max. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
Min. penalty
(rounded to
nearest
dollar)
WHD ...
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
29 CFR 501.19(c)(4) ......
........................
$112,780 ........
........................
$115,624.
WHD ...
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Immigration & Nationality
Act.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act.
H2A willful or repeated safety
or health resulting in serious injury or death.
H2A failing to cooperate in an
investigation.
H2A displacing a US worker ..
29 CFR 501.19(d) ..........
........................
$5,695 ............
........................
$5,839.
29 CFR 501.19(e) ..........
........................
$16,917 ..........
........................
$17,344.
29 CFR 501.19(f) ...........
........................
$16,917 ..........
........................
$17,344.
29 CFR 503.23(b)–(d) ....
........................
$12,383 ..........
........................
$12,695.
Home Worker .........................
Home Worker .........................
Failure to file first report of injury or filing a false statement or misrepresentation
in first report.
Failure to report termination of
payments.
29 CFR 530.302(a) ........
29 CFR 530.302(b) ........
20 CFR 702.204 ............
........................
20
........................
$1,026 ............
$1,026 ............
$23,426 ..........
........................
21
........................
$1,052.00.
$1,052.00.
$24,017.
20 CFR 702.236 ............
........................
$285 ...............
........................
$292.
Discrimination against employees who claim compensation or testify in a
LHWCA proceeding.
Failure to report termination of
payments.
Failure to file required reports
Failure to secure payment of
benefits for mines with
fewer than 25 employees.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits for mines with 25–
50 employees.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits for mines with 51–
100 employees.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits for mines with
more than 100 employees.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits after 10th day of
notice.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits for repeat offenders.
Failure to secure payment of
benefits.
20 CFR 702.271(a)(2) ....
2,343
$11,712 ..........
2,402
20 CFR 725.621(d) ........
........................
$1,426 ............
........................
$1,462.
20 CFR 725.621(d) ........
20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i)
........................
139
$1,426 ............
........................
........................
143
$1,462.
20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i)
278
........................
285
20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i)
417
........................
428
20 CFR 726.302(c)(2)(i)
555
........................
569
20 CFR 726.302(c)(4) ....
139
........................
143
20 CFR 726.302(c)(5) ....
417
........................
428
20 CFR 726.302(c)(5) ....
........................
$2,852 ............
........................
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
WHD ...
OWCP
OWCP
OWCP
Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act.
Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act.
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
OWCP
Black Lung Benefits Act
H2A improperly rejecting a
US worker.
H–2B ......................................
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of
January, 2019.
R. Alexander Acosta,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 213-223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00089]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 655
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
20 CFR Parts 702, 725, 726
Office of the Secretary
29 CFR Part 5
41 CFR Part 50-201
Wage and Hour Division
29 CFR Parts 500, 501, 503, 530, 570, 578, 579, 801, 825
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1902, 1903
Employee Benefits Security Administration
29 CFR Part 2560, 2575, 2590
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Part 100
RIN 1290-AA33
Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Annual Adjustments for 2019
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Office of the Secretary, Wage and Hour Division,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, and Mine Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this
final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015
(Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires the
Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for
inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation
Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary
penalties notwithstanding Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost-
of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly,
this final rule sets forth the Department's 2019 annual adjustments for
inflation to its civil monetary penalties.
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 23, 2019. As provided by
the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after the effective date of this rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin FitzGerald, Senior Policy
Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-5076 (this is not a
toll-free number). Copies of this final rule may be obtained in
alternative formats (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc), upon
request, by calling (202) 693-5959 (this is not a toll-free number).
TTY/TDD callers may dial toll-free 1-877-889-5627 to obtain information
or request materials in alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Preamble Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Adjustment for 2019
III. Paperwork Reduction Act
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review, Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and
Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal Governments
D. The Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of
1999: Assessment of Federal Regulations and Policies on Families
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice Reform Analysis
I. Background
On November 2, 2015, Congress enacted the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74,
701 (Inflation Adjustment Act), which further amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as previously amended by the
1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act (collectively, the ``Prior
Inflation Adjustment Act''), to improve the effectiveness of civil
monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The
Inflation Adjustment Act required agencies to: (1) Adjust the level of
civil monetary penalties with an initial ``catch-up'' adjustment
through an interim final rule (IFR); and (2) make subsequent annual
adjustments for inflation no later than January 15 of each year.
On July 1, 2016, the Department published an IFR that established
the initial catch-up adjustment for most civil penalties that the
Department administers and requested comments. See 81 FR 43430 (DOL
IFR). On January 18, 2017, the Department published the final rule
establishing the 2017 Annual Adjustment for those civil monetary
penalties adjusted in the DOL IFR. See 82 FR 5373 (DOL 2017 Annual
Adjustment). On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (collectively, ``the
Departments'') jointly published an IFR that established the initial
catch-up adjustment for civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced
in connection with the employment of temporary nonimmigrant workers
under the H-2B program. See 81 FR 42983 (Joint IFR). On March 17, 2017,
the Departments jointly published the final rule establishing the 2017
Annual Adjustment for the H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 82 FR
14147 (Joint 2017 Annual Adjustment). The Joint 2017 Annual Adjustment
also explained that DOL would make future adjustments to the H-2B civil
monetary penalties consistent with DOL's delegated authority under 8
U.S.C. 1184(c)(14), Immigration and Nationality Act section 214(c)(14),
and the Inflation Adjustment Act. See 82 FR 14147-48. On January 2,
2018, the Department published the final rule establishing the 2018
Annual Adjustment for civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by
the Department, including H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 83 FR 7
(DOL 2018 Annual Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2019 annual inflation adjustments, as
required by the Inflation Adjustment Act, for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department, including H-2B civil monetary
penalties.\1\ The Inflation
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Adjustment Act provides that the increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after the effective date of the increase. Pursuant
to the Inflation Adjustment Act, this final rule is published
notwithstanding Section 553 of the APA.
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\1\ The Department is also responsible for administering and
enforcing a newly-enacted civil monetary penalty under the Fair
Labor Standards Act (see Pub. L. 115-141, sec. 1201 (2018)), but the
Inflation Adjustment Act does not require the Department to adjust
this new penalty in 2019 because Congress enacted the penalty within
the preceding 12 months. See 28 U.S.C. 2462 Note, sec. 4(d); OMB
Circular M-16-06.
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II. Adjustment for 2019
The Department has undertaken a thorough review of civil penalties
administered by its various components pursuant to the Inflation
Adjustment Act and in accordance with guidance issued by the Office of
Management and Budget.\2\ The Department first identified the most
recent penalty amount, which is the amount established by the 2018
annual adjustment as set forth in the DOL 2018 Annual Adjustment
published on January 2, 2018.
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\2\ M-19-04, Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for
2019, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Dec. 14, 2018).
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The Department is required to calculate the annual adjustment based
on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Annual
inflation adjustments are based on the percent change between the
October CPI-U preceding the date of the adjustment, and the prior
year's October CPI-U; in this case, the percent change between the
October 2018 CPI-U and the October 2017 CPI-U. The cost-of-living
adjustment multiplier for 2019, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-
U) for the month of October 2018, not seasonally adjusted, is
1.02522.\3\ In order to compute the 2019 annual adjustment, the
Department multiplied the most recent penalty amount for each
applicable penalty by the multiplier, 1.02522, and rounded to the
nearest dollar.
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\3\ OMB provided the year-over-year multiplier, rounded to 5
decimal points. Id. at 1.
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As provided by the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty
levels apply to any penalties assessed after the effective date of this
rule.\4\ Accordingly, for penalties assessed after January 23, 2019,
whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015, the higher
penalty amounts outlined in this rule will apply. The tables below
demonstrate the penalty amounts that apply:
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\4\ Appendix 1 consists of a table that provides ready access to
key information about each penalty.
Civil Monetary Penalties for the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker Program
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Violations occurring Penalty assessed Which penalty level applies
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On or before November 2, 2015......... On or before August 1, Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
2016.
On or before November 2, 2015......... After August 1, 2016..... Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
After November 2, 2015................ After August 1, 2016, but August 1, 2016 levels.
on or before March 17,
2017.
After November 2, 2015................ After March 17, 2017 but March 17, 2017 levels.
on or before January 2,
2018.
After November 2, 2015................ After January 2, 2018 but January 2, 2018 levels.
on or before January 23,
2019.
After November 2, 2015................ After January 23, 2019... January 23, 2019 levels.
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Civil Monetary Penalties for Other DOL Programs
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Violations occurring Penalty assessed Which penalty level applies
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On or before November 2, 2015......... On or before August 1, Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
2016.
On or before November 2, 2015......... After August 1, 2016..... Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
After November 2, 2015................ After August 1, 2016, but August 1, 2016 levels.
on or before January 13,
2017.
After November 2, 2015................ After January 13, 2017 January 13, 2017 levels.
but on or before January
2, 2018.
After November 2, 2015................ After January 2, 2018 but January 2, 2018 levels.
on or before January 23,
2019.
After November 2, 2015................ After January 23, 2019... January 23, 2019 levels.
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III. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires
that the Department consider the impact of paperwork and other
information collection burdens imposed on the public. The Department
has determined that this final rule does not require any collection of
information.
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall annually
adjust civil monetary penalties for inflation notwithstanding Section
553 of the APA. Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a
nondiscretionary cost-of-living formula for annual adjustment of the
civil monetary penalties. For these reasons, the requirements in
sections 553(b), (c), and (d) of the APA, relating to notice and
comment and requiring that a rule be effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register, are inapplicable.
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review, Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and Executive
Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
Executive Order 12866 requires that regulatory agencies assess both
the costs and benefits of significant regulatory actions. Under the
Executive Order, a ``significant regulatory action'' is one meeting any
of a number of specified conditions, including the following: Having an
annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; creating a
serious inconsistency or interfering with an action of another agency;
materially altering the budgetary impact of entitlements or the rights
of entitlement recipients, or raising novel legal or policy issues.
The Department has determined that this final rule is not a
``significant'' regulatory action and a cost-benefit and economic
analysis is not required. This
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regulation merely adjusts civil monetary penalties in accordance with
inflation as required by the Inflation Adjustment Act, and has no
impact on disclosure or compliance costs. The benefit provided by the
inflationary adjustment to the maximum civil monetary penalties is that
of maintaining the incentive for the regulated community to comply with
the laws enforced by the Department, and not allowing the incentive to
be diminished by inflation. This rule is not an Executive Order 13771
regulatory action because this rule is not significant under Executive
Order 12866.
Executive Order 13563 directs 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). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility to
minimize burden.
The Inflation Adjustment Act directed the Department to issue the
annual adjustments without regard to Section 553 of the APA. In that
context, Congress has already determined that any possible increase in
costs is justified by the overall benefits of such adjustments. This
final rule makes only the statutory changes outlined herein; thus there
are no alternatives or further analysis required by Executive Order
13563.
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (RFA), imposes
certain requirements on Federal agency rules that are subject to the
notice and comment requirements of the APA, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). This final
rule is exempt from the requirements of the APA because the Inflation
Adjustment Act directed the Department to issue the annual adjustments
without regard to Section 553 of the APA. Therefore, the requirements
of the RFA applicable to notices of proposed rulemaking, 5 U.S.C. 603,
do not apply to this rule. Accordingly, the Department is not required
to either certify that the final rule would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities or conduct a
regulatory flexibility analysis.
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538,
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or Tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any one year. This Final Rule will not result in
such an expenditure. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under
the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Section 18 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C. 667) requires OSHA-approved
State Plans to have standards and an enforcement program that are at
least as effective as federal OSHA's standards and enforcement program.
OSHA-approved State Plans must have maximum and minimum penalty levels
that are at least as effective as federal OSHA's per Section 18(c)(2)
of the OSH Act. See also 29 CFR 1902.4(c)(2)(xi); 1902.37(b)(12). State
Plans are required to increase their penalties in alignment with OSHA's
penalty increases to maintain at least as effective penalty levels.
State Plans are not required to impose monetary penalties on state
and local government employers. See Sec. 1956.11(c)(2)(x). Five (5)
states and one territory have State Plans that cover only state and
local government employees: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey,
New York, and the Virgin Islands. Therefore, the requirements to
increase the penalty levels do not apply to these State Plans. Twenty-
one (21) states and one U.S. territory have State Plans that cover both
private sector employees and state and local government employees:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto
Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
and Wyoming. They must increase their penalties for private-sector
employers.
Other than as listed above, this final rule does not have
federalism implications because it does not have substantial direct
effects on the states, on the relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Accordingly,
Executive Order 13132, Federalism, requires no further agency action or
analysis.
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal Governments
This final rule does not have ``tribal implications'' because it
does not have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes,
on the relationship between the Federal government and Indian tribes,
or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the
Federal government and Indian tribes. Accordingly, Executive Order
13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,
requires no further agency action or analysis.
D. The Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 1999:
Assessment of Federal Regulations and Policies on Families
This final rule will have no effect on family well-being or
stability, marital commitment, parental rights or authority, or income
or poverty of families and children. Accordingly, section 654 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 1999 (5 U.S.C.
601 note) requires no further agency action, analysis, or assessment.
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
This final rule will have no adverse impact on children.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks, as amended by Executive
Orders 13229 and 13296, requires no further agency action or analysis.
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
A review of this final rule in accordance with the requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.; the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, 40 CFR
part 1500 et seq.; and the Departmental NEPA procedures, 29 CFR part
11, indicates that the final rule will not have a significant impact on
the quality of the human environment. As a result, there is no
corresponding environmental assessment or an environmental impact
statement.
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
This final rule has been reviewed for its impact on the supply,
distribution, and use of energy because it applies, in part, to the
coal mining and uranium industries. MSHA has concluded that the
adjustment of civil monetary
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penalties to keep pace with inflation and thus maintain the incentive
for operators to maintain safe and healthful workplaces is not a
significant energy action because it is not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy.
This final rule has not been identified to have other impacts on
energy supply. Accordingly, Executive Order 13211 requires no further
Agency action or analysis.
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally Protected Property Rights
This final rule will not implement a policy with takings
implications. Accordingly, Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions
and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights,
requires no further agency action or analysis.
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice Reform Analysis
This final rule was drafted and reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final rule was
written to provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct and was
carefully reviewed to eliminate drafting errors and ambiguities, so as
to minimize litigation and undue burden on the Federal court system.
The Department has determined that this final rule meets the applicable
standards provided in section 3 of Executive Order 12988.
List of Subjects
20 CFR Part 655
Immigration, Labor, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 702
Administrative practice and procedure, Longshore and harbor
workers, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Workers'
compensation.
20 CFR Part 725
Administrative practice and procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
20 CFR Part 726
Administrative practice and procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Mines, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 5
Administrative practice and procedure, Construction industry,
Employee benefit plans, Government contracts, Law enforcement, Minimum
wages, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 500
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Housing, Insurance,
Intergovernmental relations, Investigations, Migrant labor, Motor
vehicle safety, Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Wages, Whistleblowing.
29 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and procedure, Agriculture, Aliens,
Employment, Housing, Housing standards, Immigration, Labor, Migrant
labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 503
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Employment, Housing,
Immigration, Labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 530
Administrative practice and procedure, Clothing, Homeworkers,
Indians--arts and crafts, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Surety bonds, Watches and jewelry.
29 CFR Part 570
Child labor, Law enforcement, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 578
Penalties, Wages.
29 CFR Part 579
Child labor, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 801
Administrative practice and procedure, Employment, Lie detector
tests, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 825
Administrative practice and procedure, Airmen, Employee benefit
plans, Health, Health insurance, Labor management relations, Maternal
and child health, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Teachers.
29 CFR Parts 1902 and 1903
Intergovernmental relations, Law enforcement, Occupational Safety
and Health, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 2560
Employee benefit plans, Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
Law enforcement, Penalties, Pensions, Reporting and recordkeeping.
29 CFR Part 2575
Administrative practice and procedure, Employee benefit plans,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Health care, Penalties,
Pensions.
29 CFR Part 2590
Employee benefit plans, Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
Health care, Health insurance, Penalties, Pensions, Reporting and
recordkeeping.
30 CFR Part 100
Mine safety and health, Penalties.
41 CFR Part 50-201
Child labor, Government procurement, Minimum wages, Occupational
safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 20 CFR chapters V and VI,
29 CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII, and XXV, 30 CFR chapter I, and
41 CFR subtitle B are amended as follows.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Title 20--Employees' Benefits
PART 655--TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE UNITED
STATES
0
1. The authority citation for part 655 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) and (ii), 8 U.S.C.
1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n) and (t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and
1288(c) and (d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101-238, 103 Stat. 2099, 2102
(8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a), Pub. L. 101-649, 104 Stat. 4978,
5027 (8 U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102- 232, 105
Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206,
107 Stat. 2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 (8
U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316
(8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat.
2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; 8 CFR
214.2(h)(4)(i); and 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii).
Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c),
and 1188; and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C. 1288(c) and (d); sec.
323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note,
Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701.
Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and
(b)(1), 1182(n) and (t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub.
L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 412(e),
Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461
note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701.
Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and
1182(m); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C.
1182 note); Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
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Sec. Sec. 655.620, 655.801, and 655.810 [Amended]
0
2. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
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Sec. 655.620(a).................................... $9,239 $9,472
Sec. 655.801(b).................................... 7,520 7,710
Sec. 655.810(b)(1) introductory text............... 1,848 1,895
Sec. 655.810(b)(2) introductory text............... 7,520 7,710
Sec. 655.810(b)(3) introductory text............... 52,641 53,969
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE
0
3. The authority citation for part 702 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174,
64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. Sec. 702.204, 702.236, and 702.271 [Amended]
0
4. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the section or paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount or date indicated in the right column.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section/paragraph Remove Add
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 702.204........................... $23,426..................... $24,017.
Sec. 702.204........................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 702.236........................... $285........................ $292.
Sec. 702.236........................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)..................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)..................... $2,343...................... $2,402.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)..................... $11,712..................... $12,007.
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PART 725--CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED
0
5. The authority citation for part 725 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec.
701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et
seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405;
Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. 725.621 [Amended]
0
6. In Sec. 725.621, amend paragraph (d) by removing ``January 2,
2018'' and adding in its place ``January 23, 2019'' and by removing
``$1,426'' and adding in its place ``$1,462''.
PART 726--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS; REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE
OPERATOR'S INSURANCE
0
7. The authority citation for part 726 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 925,
932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174;
Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. 726.302 [Amended]
0
8. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the
dollar amount or date indicated in the right column.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) introductory text January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table............ $139........................ $143.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table............ 278......................... 285.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table............ 417......................... 428.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table............ 555......................... 569.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4)..................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4)..................... $139........................ $143.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5)..................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5)..................... $417........................ $428.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6)..................... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6)..................... $2,852...................... $2,924.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Title 29--Labor
PART 5--LABOR STANDARDS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS COVERING
FEDERALLY FINANCED AND ASSISTED CONSTRUCTION (ALSO LABOR STANDARDS
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO NONCONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE
CONTRACT WORK HOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT)
0
9. The authority citation for part 5 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 161, 64 Stat. 1267;
Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950, 5 U.S.C. appendix; 40 U.S.C.
3141 et seq.; 40 U.S.C. 3145; 40 U.S.C. 3148; 40 U.S.C. 3701 et
seq.; and the laws listed in 5.1(a) of this part; Secretary's Order
No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 5.5 [Amended]
0
10. In Sec. 5.5, amend paragraph (b)(2) by removing ``$26'' and
adding in its place ``$27''.
Sec. 5.8 [Amended]
0
11. In Sec. 5.8, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$26'' and adding
in its place ``$27''.
PART 500--MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION
0
12. The authority citation for part 500 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872);
Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24,
2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 500.1 [Amended]
0
13. In Sec. 500.1, amend paragraph (e) by removing ``$2,443'' and
adding in its place ``$2,505''.
PART 501--ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY
ALIEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER SECTION 218 OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
0
14. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188;
28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 501.19 [Amended]
0
15. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 501.19(c) introductory text................ $1,692 $1,735
Sec. 501.19(c)(1)............................... 5,695 5,839
Sec. 501.19(c)(2)............................... 56,391 57,813
Sec. 501.19(c)(4)............................... 112,780 115,624
Sec. 501.19(d).................................. 5,695 5,839
Sec. 501.19(e).................................. 16,917 17,344
Sec. 501.19(f).................................. 16,917 17,344
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PART 503--ENFORCEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY NONIMMIGRANT
NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY ACT--[AMENDED]
0
16. The authority citation for part 503 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 CFR
214.2(h); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 503.23 [Amended]
0
17. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph, and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 503.23(b).................................. $12,383 $12,695
Sec. 503.23(c).................................. 12,383 12,695
Sec. 503.23(d).................................. 12,383 12,695
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PART 530--EMPLOYMENT OF HOMEWORKERS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES
0
18. The authority citation for part 530 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066 (29 U.S.C. 211) as amended by
sec. 9, 63 Stat. 910 (29 U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary's Order No. 01-
2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
0
19. In Sec. 530.302, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$1,026'' and
adding in its place ``$1,052'' and revise paragraph (b).
The revision reads as follows:
Sec. 530.302 Amounts of civil penalties.
* * * * *
(b) The amount of civil money penalties shall be determined per
affected homeworker within the limits set forth in the following
schedule, except that no penalty shall be assessed in the case of
violations which are deemed to be de minimis in nature:
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Penalty per affected homeworker
-----------------------------------------------
Nature of violation Repeated,
Minor Substantial intentional or
knowing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recordkeeping................................................... $21-210 $210-421 $421-1,052
Monetary violations............................................. 21-210 210-421 ..............
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate................. .............. 210-421 421-1,052
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer assurances 21-210 210-421 421-1,052
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PART 570--CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF
INTERPRETATION
0
20. The authority citation for Subpart G of part 570 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: 52 Stat. 1060-1069, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219;
28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 570.140 [Amended]
0
21. In Sec. 570.140, amend paragraph (b)(1) by removing ``$12,529''
and adding in its place ``$12,845'' and paragraph (b)(2) by removing
``$56,947'' and adding in its place ``$58,383''.
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PART 578--MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS--CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
0
22. The authority citation for part 578 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 938, sec. 3103,
Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-29 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)), Pub. L. 101-
410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by Pub. L. 104-
134, section 31001(s), 110 Stat. 1321-358, 1321-373, and Pub. L.
114-74, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 578.3 [Amended]
0
23. In Sec. 578.3, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$1,964'' and
adding in its place ``$2,014''.
PART 579--CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS--CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES
0
24. The authority citation for part 579 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 203(l), 211, 212, 213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan
No. 6 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat.
72, 76; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79
FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-7, 129
Stat 584.
Sec. 579.1 [Amended]
0
25. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).......................... $12,529 $12,845
Sec. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).......................... 56,947 58,383
Sec. 579.1(a)(2)................................ 1,964 2,014
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PART 801--APPLICATION OF THE EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF
1988
0
26. The authority citation for part 801 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 100-347, 102 Stat. 646, 29 U.S.C. 2001-2009;
28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 801.42 [Amended]
0
27. In Sec. 801.42 amend paragraph (a) introductory text by removing
``$20,521'' and adding in its place ``$21,039''.
PART 825--THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
0
28. The authority citation for part 825 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2654; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at
sec. 701.
Sec. 825.300 [Amended]
0
29. In Sec. 825.300 amend paragraph (a)(1) by removing ``$169'' and
adding in its place ``$173''.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Title 29--Labor
PART 1903--INSPECTIONS, CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED PENALTIES
0
30. The authority citation for part 1903 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 8 and 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657, 658); 5 U.S.C. 553; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990), as
amended by Section 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012).
Sec. 1903.15 [Amended]
0
31. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the
dollar amount or date indicated in the right column.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 1903.15(d) introductory text...... January 2, 2018............. January 23, 2019.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1)..................... $9,239...................... $9,472.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1)..................... $129,336.................... $132,598.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(2)..................... $129,336.................... $132,598.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(3)..................... $12,934..................... $13,260.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(4)..................... $12,934..................... $13,260.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(5)..................... $12,934..................... $13,260.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(6)..................... $12,934..................... $13,260.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Title 30--Mineral Resources
PART 100--CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES
0
32. The authority citation for part 100 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 815, 820, 957; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.
0
33. In Sec. 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1) introductory text by
removing ``$70,834'' and adding in its place ``$72,620'' and in
paragraph (g) by revising Table XIV-Penalty Conversion Table.
The revision reads as follows:
Sec. 100.3 Determination of penalty amount; regular assessment.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
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Table XIV--Penalty Conversion Table
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Penalty
Points ($)
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60 or fewer.................................................. $135
61........................................................... 147
62........................................................... 158
63........................................................... 172
64........................................................... 187
65........................................................... 202
66........................................................... 218
67........................................................... 238
68........................................................... 256
69........................................................... 278
70........................................................... 301
71........................................................... 326
72........................................................... 355
73........................................................... 383
74........................................................... 414
75........................................................... 450
76........................................................... 489
77........................................................... 527
78........................................................... 572
79........................................................... 620
80........................................................... 672
81........................................................... 727
82........................................................... 787
83........................................................... 854
84........................................................... 925
85........................................................... 1003
86........................................................... 1,086
87........................................................... 1,175
88........................................................... 1,274
89........................................................... 1,380
90........................................................... 1,495
91........................................................... 1,619
92........................................................... 1,753
93........................................................... 1,899
94........................................................... 2,058
95........................................................... 2,229
96........................................................... 2,414
97........................................................... 2,615
98........................................................... 2,834
99........................................................... 3,070
100.......................................................... 3,326
101.......................................................... 3,602
102.......................................................... 3,902
103.......................................................... 4,227
104.......................................................... 4,579
105.......................................................... 4,961
106.......................................................... 5,374
107.......................................................... 5,822
108.......................................................... 6,307
109.......................................................... 6,832
110.......................................................... 7,401
111.......................................................... 8,016
112.......................................................... 8,686
113.......................................................... 9,409
114.......................................................... 10,193
115.......................................................... 11,041
116.......................................................... 11,960
117.......................................................... 12,957
118.......................................................... 14,036
119.......................................................... 15,206
120.......................................................... 16,471
121.......................................................... 17,844
122.......................................................... 19,329
123.......................................................... 20,940
124.......................................................... 22,685
125.......................................................... 24,571
126.......................................................... 26,619
127.......................................................... 28,837
128.......................................................... 31,238
129.......................................................... 33,840
130.......................................................... 36,659
131.......................................................... 39,712
132.......................................................... 43,019
133.......................................................... 46,601
134.......................................................... 50,319
135.......................................................... 54,035
136.......................................................... 57,754
137.......................................................... 61,469
138.......................................................... 65,187
139.......................................................... 68,903
140 or more.................................................. 72,620
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* * * * *
Sec. Sec. 100.4 and 100.5 [Amended]
0
34. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
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Paragraph Remove Add
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Sec. 100.4(a)..................................... $2,361 $2,421
Sec. 100.4(b)..................................... 4,721 4,840
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text................... 5,903 6,052
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text................... 70,834 72,620
Sec. 100.5(c)..................................... 7,673 7,867
Sec. 100.5(d)..................................... 324 332
Sec. 100.5(e)..................................... 259,725 266,275
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Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 50-201--GENERAL REGULATIONS
0
35. The authority citation for part 50-201 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 2038; 41 U.S.C. 38. Interpret or
apply sec. 6, 49 Stat. 2038, as amended; 41 U.S.C. 40; 108 Stat.
7201; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 50-201.3 [Amended]
0
36. In Sec. 50-201.3, amend paragraph (e) by removing ``$26'' and
adding in its place ``$27''.
Note: The following Appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
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Min. penalty Min. penalty
Agency Law Name/description CFR citation (rounded to Max. penalty (rounded to Max. penalty
nearest (rounded to nearest nearest (rounded to nearest
dollar) dollar) dollar) dollar)
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MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Regular Assessment. 30 CFR 100.3(a).... .............. $70,834............. .............. $72,620.
& Health Act of
1977.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Penalty Conversion 30 CFR 100.3(g).... $132 $70,834............. $135 $72,620.
& Health Act of Table.
1977.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Minimum Penalty for 30 CFR 100.4(a).... 2,361 .................... 2,421 ....................
& Health Act of any order issued
1977. under 104(d)(1) of
the Mine Act.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Minimum penalty for 30 CFR 100.4(b).... 4,721 .................... 4,840 ....................
& Health Act of any order issued
1977. under 104(d)(2) of
the Mine Act.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Penalty for failure 39 CFR 100.4(c).... 5,903 $70,834............. 6,052 $72,620.
& Health Act of to provide timely
1977. notification under
103(j) of the Mine
Act.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Any operator who 30 CFR 100.5(c).... .............. $7,673.............. .............. $7,867.
& Health Act of fails to correct a
1977. violation for
which a citation
or order was
issued under
104(a) of the Mine
Act.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Violation of 30 CFR 100.5(d).... .............. $324................ .............. $332.
& Health Act of mandatory safety
1977. standards related
to smoking
standards.
MSHA......... Federal Mine Safety Flagrant violations 30 CFR 100.5(e).... .............. $259,725............ .............. $266,275.
& Health Act of under 110(b)(2) of
1977. the Mine Act.
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EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 209(b): 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $29................. .............. $30.
Income Security Failure to furnish
Act. reports (e.g.,
pension benefit
statements) to
certain former
participants and
beneficiaries or
maintain records.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(2)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $2,140.............. .............. $2,194.
Income Security Per day for
Act. failure/refusal to
properly file plan
annual report.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(4)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $1,693.............. .............. $1,736.
Income Security Per day for
Act. failure to
disclose certain
documents upon
request under
ERISA 101(k) and
(l); failure to
furnish notices
under 101(j) and
514(e)(3)--each
statutory
recipient a
separate violation.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(5)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $1,558.............. .............. $1,597.
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure to file
annual report for
Multiple Employer
Welfare
Arrangements
(MEWAs) under
101(g).
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(6)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $152 per day, not to .............. $156 per day, not to
Income Security Per day for each exceed $1,527 per exceed $1,566 per
Act. failure to provide request. request.
Secretary of Labor
requested
documentation not
to exceed a per-
request maximum.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(7)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $136................ .............. $139.
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure to provide
notices of
blackout periods
and of right to
divest employer
securities--each
statutory
recipient a
separate violation.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(8)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $1,344.............. .............. $1,378.
Income Security Per each failure
Act. by an endangered
status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a funding
improvement plan
or meet
benchmarks;
failure of a
critical status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a
rehabilitation
plan.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $114................ .............. $117.
Income Security 502(c)(9)(A)--Per
Act. day for each
failure by an
employer to inform
employees of CHIP
coverage
opportunities
under Section
701(f)(3)(B)(i)(l)
-each employee a
separate violation.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $114................ .............. $117.
Income Security 502(c)(9)(B)--Per
Act. day for each
failure by a plan
to timely provide
to any State
information
required to be
disclosed under
Section
701(f)(3)(B)(ii),
as added by CHIP
regarding coverage
coordination--each
participant/
beneficiary a
separate violation.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $114................ .............. $117.
Income Security Failure by any
Act. plan sponsor of
group health plan,
or any health
insurance issuer
offering health
insurance coverage
in connection with
the plan, to meet
the requirements
of Sections
702(a)(1)(F),
(b)(3), (c) or
(d); or Section
701; or Section
702(b)(1) with
respect to genetic
information--daily
per participant
and beneficiary
non-compliance
period.
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EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... 2,847 .................... 2,919 $0.
Income Security uncorrected de
Act. minimis violation.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... 17,084 .................... 17,515 $0.
Income Security uncorrected
Act. violations that
are not de minimis.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $569,468............ .............. $583,830.
Income Security unintentional
Act. failure maximum
cap.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(12)-- 29CFR 2575.1-3..... .............. $104................ .............. $107.
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure of a CSEC
plan in
restoration status
to adopt a
restoration plan.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Section 502(m)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $16,499............. .............. $16,915.
Income Security Failure of
Act. fiduciary to make
a proper
distribution from
a defined benefit
plan under section
206(e) of ERISA.
EBSA......... Employee Retirement Failure to provide 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $1,128.............. .............. $1,156.
Income Security Summary of
Act. Benefits Coverage
under PHS Act
section 2715(f),
as incorporated in
ERISA section 715
and 29 CFR
2590.715-2715(e).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Serious Violation.. 29 CFR .............. $12,934............. .............. $13,260.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(3).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Other-Than-Serious. 29 CFR .............. $12,934............. .............. $13,260.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(4).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Willful............ 29 CFR 9,239 $129,336............ 9,472 $132,598.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(1).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Repeated........... 29 CFR .............. $129,336............ .............. $132,598.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(2).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Posting Requirement 29 CFR .............. $12,934............. .............. $13,260.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(6).
OSHA......... Occupational Safety Failure to Abate... 29 CFR .............. $12,934............. .............. $13,260.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(5).
WHD.......... Family and Medical FMLA............... 29 CFR .............. $169................ .............. $173.
Leave Act. 825.300(a)(1).
WHD.......... Fair Labor FLSA............... 29 CFR 578.3(a).... .............. $1,964.............. .............. $2,014.
Standards Act.
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR 579.1(a)(2). .............. $1,964.............. .............. $2,014.
Standards Act.
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $12,529............. .............. $12,845.
Standards Act. 570.140(b)(1).
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $12,529............. .............. $12,845.
Standards Act. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $56,947............. .............. $58,383.
Standards Act. causes serious 570.140(b)(2).
injury or death.
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $56,947............. .............. $58,383.
Standards Act. causes serious 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
injury or death.
WHD.......... Fair Labor Child Labor willful 29 CFR .............. $113,894............ .............. $116,766.
Standards Act. or repeated that 570.140(b)(2); 29
causes serious CFR
injury or death. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
WHD.......... Migrant and MSPA............... 29 CFR 500.1(e).... .............. $2,443.............. .............. $2,505.
Seasonal
Agricultural
Worker Protection
Act.
WHD.......... Immigration & H1B................ 20 CFR .............. $1,848.............. .............. $1,895.
Nationality Act. 655.810(b)(1).
WHD.......... Immigration & H1B retaliation.... 20 CFR 655.801(b).. .............. $7,520.............. .............. $7,710.
Nationality Act.
WHD.......... Immigration & H1B willful or 20 CFR .............. $7,520.............. .............. $7,710.
Nationality Act. discrimination. 655.810(b)(2).
WHD.......... Immigration & H1B willful that 20 CFR .............. $52,641............. .............. $53,969.
Nationality Act. resulted in 655.810(b)(3).
displacement of a
US worker.
WHD.......... Immigration & D-1................ 20 CFR 655.620(a).. .............. $9,239.............. .............. $9,472.
Nationality Act.
WHD.......... Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2)... .............. $26................. .............. $27.
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD.......... Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.8(a)...... .............. $26................. .............. $27.
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD.......... Walsh-Healey Public Walsh-Healey....... 41 CFR 50-201.3(e). .............. $26................. .............. $27.
Contracts Act.
WHD.......... Employee Polygraph EPPA............... 29 CFR 801.42(a)... .............. $20,521............. .............. $21,039.
Protection Act.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A................ 29 CFR 501.19(c)... .............. $1,692.............. .............. $1,735.
Nationality Act.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(1) .............. $5,695.............. .............. $5,839.
Nationality Act. discrimination.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A Safety or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(2) .............. $56,391............. .............. $57,813.
Nationality Act. health resulting
in serious injury
or death.
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WHD.......... Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(4) .............. $112,780............ .............. $115,624.
Nationality Act. repeated safety or
health resulting
in serious injury
or death.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A failing to 29 CFR 501.19(d)... .............. $5,695.............. .............. $5,839.
Nationality Act. cooperate in an
investigation.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A displacing a US 29 CFR 501.19(e)... .............. $16,917............. .............. $17,344.
Nationality Act. worker.
WHD.......... Immigration & H2A improperly 29 CFR 501.19(f)... .............. $16,917............. .............. $17,344.
Nationality Act. rejecting a US
worker.
WHD.......... Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(b)- .............. $12,383............. .............. $12,695.
Nationality Act. (d).
WHD.......... Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(a).. .............. $1,026.............. .............. $1,052.00.
Standards Act.
WHD.......... Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(b).. 20 $1,026.............. 21 $1,052.00.
Standards Act.
OWCP......... Longshore and Failure to file 20 CFR 702.204..... .............. $23,426............. .............. $24,017.
Harbor Workers' first report of
Compensation Act. injury or filing a
false statement or
misrepresentation
in first report.
OWCP......... Longshore and Failure to report 20 CFR 702.236..... .............. $285................ .............. $292.
Harbor Workers' termination of
Compensation Act. payments.
OWCP......... Longshore and Discrimination 20 CFR 2,343 $11,712............. 2,402 $12,007.
Harbor Workers' against employees 702.271(a)(2).
Compensation Act. who claim
compensation or
testify in a LHWCA
proceeding.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to report 20 CFR 725.621(d).. .............. $1,426.............. .............. $1,462.
Act. termination of
payments.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to file 20 CFR 725.621(d).. .............. $1,426.............. .............. $1,462.
Act. required reports.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 139 .................... 143 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with fewer than 25
employees.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 278 .................... 285 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 25-50
employees.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 417 .................... 428 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 51-100
employees.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 555 .................... 569 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with more than 100
employees.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 139 .................... 143 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(4).
benefits after
10th day of notice.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 417 .................... 428 ....................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits for
repeat offenders.
OWCP......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR .............. $2,852.............. .............. $2,924
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of January, 2019.
R. Alexander Acosta,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2019-00089 Filed 1-22-19; 8:45 am]
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