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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA–2018–0070]
Notice on Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for Civil Monetary
Penalties
Social Security Administration.
Notice announcing updated
penalty inflation adjustments for civil
monetary penalties for 2019.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Social Security
Administration is giving notice of its
updated maximum civil monetary
penalties. These amounts are effective
from January 15, 2019 through January
14, 2020. These figures represent an
annual adjustment for inflation. The
updated figures and notification are
required by the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph E. Gangloff, Chief Counsel to the
Inspector General, Room 3–ME–1, 6401
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21235–6401, 410–965–4555. For
information on eligibility or filing for
benefits, call the Social Security
Administration’s national toll-free
number, 1–800–772–1213 or TTY
1–800–325–0778, or visit the Social
Security Administration’s internet site,
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www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
27, 2016, pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015
Act),1 we published an interim final
rule to adjust the level of civil monetary
penalties (CMP) under sections 1129
and 1140 of the Social Security Act, 42
U.S.C. 1320a–8 and 1320b–10, with an
initial ‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment effective
August 1, 2016.2 We announced in the
interim final rule that for any future
adjustments, we would publish a notice
in the Federal Register to announce the
new amounts. The annual inflation
adjustment in subsequent years must be
a cost-of-living adjustment based on any
increases in the October Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U)
(not seasonally adjusted) each year.3
Inflation adjustment increases must be
rounded to the nearest multiple of $1.4
We last updated the maximum penalty
amounts effective January 15, 2018.5
1 See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114thcongress/house-bill/1314/text. See also https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/
2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-penalties.
2 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
3 See OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 1 (February
24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/
whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-1606.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
4 OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015, M–16–06, p. 3 (February
24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/
whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-1606.pdf. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penaltyinflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
5 See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2018/01/12/2018-00487/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties.
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Based on Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) guidance, the
information below serves as public
notice of the new maximum penalty
amounts for 2019. The adjustment
results in the following new maximum
penalties, which will be effective as of
January 15, 2019.
Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8)
$7,779.00 (current maximum per
violation for fraud facilitators in a
position of trust) × 1.02522 (OMB-issued
inflationary adjustment multiplier) =
$7,975.19. When rounded to the nearest
dollar, the new maximum penalty is
$7,975.00.
$8,249.00 (current maximum per
violation for all other violators) ×
1.02522 (OMB-issued inflationary
adjustment multiplier) = $8,457.04.
When rounded to the nearest dollar, the
new maximum penalty is $8,457.00.
Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
10)
$10,260.00 (current maximum per
violation for all violations other than
broadcast or telecasts) × 1.02522 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment
multiplier) = $10,518.76. When rounded
to the nearest dollar, the new maximum
penalty is $10,519.00.
$51,302.00 (current maximum per
broadcast or telecast) × 1.02522 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment
multiplier) = $52,595.84. When rounded
to the nearest dollar, the new maximum
penalty is $52,596.00.
Dated: January 10, 2019.
Gale Stallworth Stone,
Acting Inspector General of Social Security.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. SSA-2018-0070]
Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary
Penalties
AGENCY: Social Security Administration.
ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for
civil monetary penalties for 2019.
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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration is giving notice of its
updated maximum civil monetary penalties. These amounts are effective
from January 15, 2019 through January 14, 2020. These figures represent
an annual adjustment for inflation. The updated figures and
notification are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph E. Gangloff, Chief Counsel to
the Inspector General, Room 3-ME-1, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
MD 21235-6401, 410-965-4555. For information on eligibility or filing
for benefits, call the Social Security Administration's national toll-
free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit the Social
Security Administration's internet site, Social Security Online, at
http://www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016, pursuant to the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the
2015 Act),\1\ we published an interim final rule to adjust the level of
civil monetary penalties (CMP) under sections 1129 and 1140 of the
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-8 and 1320b-10, with an initial
``catch-up'' adjustment effective August 1, 2016.\2\ We announced in
the interim final rule that for any future adjustments, we would
publish a notice in the Federal Register to announce the new amounts.
The annual inflation adjustment in subsequent years must be a cost-of-
living adjustment based on any increases in the October Consumer Price
Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) (not seasonally adjusted) each
year.\3\ Inflation adjustment increases must be rounded to the nearest
multiple of $1.\4\ We last updated the maximum penalty amounts
effective January 15, 2018.\5\ Based on Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) guidance, the information below serves as public notice of the
new maximum penalty amounts for 2019. The adjustment results in the
following new maximum penalties, which will be effective as of January
15, 2019.
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\1\ See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1314/text. See also https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
\2\ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
\3\ See OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, M-16-
06, p. 1 (February 24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16-06.pdf. See also
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
\4\ OMB Memorandum, Implementation of the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, M-16-
06, p. 3 (February 24, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2016/m-16-06.pdf. See also
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
\5\ See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/01/12/2018-00487/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties.
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Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a-8)
$7,779.00 (current maximum per violation for fraud facilitators in
a position of trust) x 1.02522 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment
multiplier) = $7,975.19. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new
maximum penalty is $7,975.00.
$8,249.00 (current maximum per violation for all other violators) x
1.02522 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $8,457.04.
When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is
$8,457.00.
Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b-10)
$10,260.00 (current maximum per violation for all violations other
than broadcast or telecasts) x 1.02522 (OMB-issued inflationary
adjustment multiplier) = $10,518.76. When rounded to the nearest
dollar, the new maximum penalty is $10,519.00.
$51,302.00 (current maximum per broadcast or telecast) x 1.02522
(OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $52,595.84. When
rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $52,596.00.
Dated: January 10, 2019.
Gale Stallworth Stone,
Acting Inspector General of Social Security.
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