Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties, 73839-73840 [2021-28144]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 28, 2021 / Notices Written comments on this information collection request should be submitted through ‘‘www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain.’’ Find this information collection request by selecting ‘‘Small Business Administration’’; ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then selecting ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment.’’ This information collection can be identified by the title and/or OMB Control Number identified below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrence Sutherland, Office of Entrepreneurial Education, SBA, terrence.sutherland@sba.gov (202) 205– 6919 or Curtis B. Rich, Management Analyst, (202) 205–7030, curtis.rich@ sba.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 5004 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117–2 (3/11/2021) authorized SBA to establish a Community Navigator Pilot Program. Under this authority, SBA may make grants to private nonprofit organizations, resource partners, States, Tribes, and units of local government to ensure the delivery of free community navigator services to current or prospective owners of small businesses in order to improve access to COVIDrelated assistance programs and resources. To facilitate expeditious implementation of the program, on June 8, 2021, SBA obtained emergency approval from OMB, including waiver of the public comment notice required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d). That authority expires on December 31, 2021. On October 14, 2021, SBA published the waived 60-day notice in the Federal Register at 86 FR 27243. The Agency received four comments in response to the notice and will address disposition of those comments when it submits the information collection to OMB for standard processing. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: Summary of Information Collection This information collection consists of (SBA Form 3516, Community Navigators Pilot Program Client and Program Information Form, and quarterly reporting requirements. The form collects information from applicants to the Community Navigator Program to determine their eligibility for an award. At this time the application period is no longer open; however, SBA is extending this portion of the information collection in the event an additional funding opportunity becomes available. Form 3516 also collects data on the clients served by the awardees of the Community Navigator Pilot Program, to help track grantee VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:45 Dec 27, 2021 Jkt 256001 performance and evaluate program success. This information collection also includes a requirement for grantees to report quarterly on program performance. The information will help SBA to assess program activity and the extent to which grantees are achieving desired program results and appropriately utilizing grant funds in support of the Community Navigator Program. OMB Control Number: 3245–0423. Title: Community Navigators Pilot Program. Description of Respondents: Entrepreneurs receiving technical assistance and Community Navigators grantees providing technical assistance services. Form Number: SBA 3516. Total Estimated Annual Respondents: 202,7960. Total Estimated Annual Responses: 500,000. Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 137,657. Solicitation of Public Comments SBA is requesting comments on (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the agency to properly perform its functions; (b) whether the burden estimates are accurate; (c) whether there are ways to minimize the burden, including through the use of automated techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) whether there are ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information. Curtis Rich, Management Analyst. [FR Doc. 2021–28081 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–03–P SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No. SSA–2021–0050] Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties Social Security Administration. Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for civil monetary penalties for 2022. AGENCY: ACTION: The Social Security Administration is giving notice of its updated maximum civil monetary penalties. These amounts are effective from January 15, 2022 through January 14, 2023. 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. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 73839 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stubbs, Deputy Counsel to the Inspector General, Room 3–ME–1, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, (410) 816–4054. 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 https:// 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 (CMPs) under Sections 1129 and 1140 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a–8 and 1320b–10, respectively, 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-ofliving 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, 2021.5 Based on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance,6 the 1 See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114thcongress/house-bill/1314/text. See also 81 FR 41438, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflationadjustments-for-civil-money-penalties. 2 See 81 FR 41438, https:// www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/ 2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-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 81 FR 41438, https:// www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/ 2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-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 81 FR 41438, https:// www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/ 2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civilmoney-penalties. 5 See 86 FR 1123, https://www.federalregister.gov/ documents/2021/01/07/2021-00007/notice-onpenalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetarypenalties. 6 See https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ uploads/2021/12/M-22-07.pdf. E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1 73840 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 28, 2021 / Notices information below serves as public notice of the new maximum penalty amounts for 2022. The adjustment results in the following new maximum penalties, which will be effective as of January 15, 2022. Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a– 8): $8,212.00 (current maximum per violation for fraud facilitators in a position of trust) × 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $8,722.95. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $8,723.00. $8,708.00 (current maximum per violation for all other violators) × 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $9,249.81. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $9,250.00. Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 10): $10,832.00 (current maximum per violation for all violations other than broadcast or telecasts) × 1.06222 (OMBissued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $11,505.97. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $11,506.00. $54,157.00 (current maximum per violative broadcast or telecast) × 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $57,526.65. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $57,527.00. Michelle Murray, Chief Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2021–28144 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition or Display—Determinations: ‘‘Poussin and the Dance’’ Exhibition AGENCY: Department of State. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Stacy E. White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. BILLING CODE 4710–05–P [FR Doc. 2021–28182 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 11603] Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman’’ Exhibition Department of State. Notice. of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition ‘‘Poussin and the Dance’’ at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register. Jkt 256001 Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition ‘‘Jacques Louis David: Radical Draftsman’’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/ SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Stacy E. White, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges,Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2021–28176 Filed 12–27–21; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 11615] Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Object Being Imported for Exhibition—Determinations: Exhibition of ‘‘A Marble Portrait of the Youthful Marcus Aurelius’’ BILLING CODE 4710–05–P ACTION: [Public Notice: 11602] 22:45 Dec 27, 2021 PD, 2200 C Street, NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, and the Delegation of Functions and Authorities signed by the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs on December 16, 2021. AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF STATE VerDate Sep<11>2014 Chi D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/ PD, 2200 C Street, NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, and the Delegation of Functions and Authorities signed by the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs on December 16, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of State. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that a certain object being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement with its foreign owner or custodian for temporary display in the Greek and Roman Art galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is of cultural significance, and, further, that its temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: section2459@state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, L/ PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The foregoing determinations were made pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73839-73840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28144]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2021-0050]


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 2022.

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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, 2022 through January 14, 2023. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stubbs, Deputy Counsel to the 
Inspector General, Room 3-ME-1, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 
21235-6401, (410) 816-4054. 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 
https://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 (CMPs) under Sections 1129 and 1140 of the 
Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-8 and 1320b-10, respectively, 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, 2021.\5\ Based on Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) guidance,\6\ the

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information below serves as public notice of the new maximum penalty 
amounts for 2022. The adjustment results in the following new maximum 
penalties, which will be effective as of January 15, 2022.
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    \1\ See https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1314/text. See also 81 FR 41438, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
    \2\ See 81 FR 41438, 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 81 FR 
41438, 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 81 FR 
41438, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-13241/penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-money-penalties.
    \5\ See 86 FR 1123, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/07/2021-00007/notice-on-penalty-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties.
    \6\ See https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/M-22-07.pdf.
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    Section 1129 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320a-8):

    $8,212.00 (current maximum per violation for fraud facilitators 
in a position of trust) x 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary 
adjustment multiplier) = $8,722.95. When rounded to the nearest 
dollar, the new maximum penalty is $8,723.00.
    $8,708.00 (current maximum per violation for all other 
violators) x 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) 
= $9,249.81. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 
penalty is $9,250.00.

    Section 1140 CMPs (42 U.S.C. 1320b-10):

    $10,832.00 (current maximum per violation for all violations 
other than broadcast or telecasts) x 1.06222 (OMB-issued 
inflationary adjustment multiplier) = $11,505.97. When rounded to 
the nearest dollar, the new maximum penalty is $11,506.00.
    $54,157.00 (current maximum per violative broadcast or telecast) 
x 1.06222 (OMB-issued inflationary adjustment multiplier) = 
$57,526.65. When rounded to the nearest dollar, the new maximum 
penalty is $57,527.00.

Michelle Murray,
Chief Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, Social Security 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-28144 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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