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airspace is necessary to ensure proper
containment of the procedures.
Additionally, this action removes the
China Lake (NAVY) TACAN from the
Class E5 text header and airspace
description. The navigational aid
(NAVAID) is not needed to describe the
airspace area, and removal of the
NAVAID simplifies the airspace
description.
Lastly, this action implements
numerous administrative updates to
Class D and Class E5 text headers and
the Class D airspace description. The
city name in the first line of the text
headers is amended from ‘‘China Lake
NWC’’ to ‘‘China Lake’’, to match the
FAA database. The airport name in the
second line of the text headers is
amended from ‘‘China Lake NWC’’ to
‘‘China Lake NAWS (Armitage Field)
Airport’’, to match the FAA database.
The geographic coordinates in the third
line of the text headers are updated to
‘‘lat. 35°41′09″ N, long. 117°41′32″ W’’,
to match the FAA database. The term
‘‘Airport/Facility Directory’’ in the last
line of the Class D airspace description
is updated to ‘‘Chart Supplement.’’
FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on
September 15.
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Regulatory Notices and Analyses
The FAA has determined that this
regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which
frequent and routine amendments are
necessary to keep them operationally
current, is non-controversial, and
unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)
does not warrant preparation of a
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated
impact is so minimal. Since this is a
routine matter that will only affect air
traffic procedures and air navigation, it
is certified that this rule, when
promulgated, would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
The FAA has determined that this
action qualifies for categorical exclusion
under the National Environmental
Policy Act in accordance with FAA
Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental
Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’
paragraph 5–6.5a. This airspace action
is not expected to cause any potentially
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significant environmental impacts, and
no extraordinary circumstances exist
that warrant the preparation of an
environmental assessment.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on
January 4, 2022.
B.G. Chew,
Acting Group Manager, Operations Support
Group, Western Service Center.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
Employment and Training
Administration
PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
part 71 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40103,
40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.
§ 71.1
2. The incorporation by reference in
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO 7400.11F,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 10, 2021, and
effective September 15, 2021, is
amended as follows:
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Paragraph 5000
Class D Airspace.
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AWP CA D
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China Lake, CA [Amended]
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More
Above the Surface of the Earth.
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AWP CA E5
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China Lake, CA [Amended]
China Lake NAWS (Armitage Field) Airport,
CA
(Lat. 35°41′09″ N, long. 117°41′32″ W)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within a 4.5-mile
radius of the airport, and within a 7-mile
radius of the airport from the 115° bearing
from the airport clockwise to the 271° bearing
from the airport, and within 2.9 miles each
side of the 184° bearing from the airport
extending from the 7-mile radius to 9 miles
south of the airport.
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29 CFR Parts 500, 501, 503, 530, 570,
578, 579, 801, 810, and 825
Occupational Safety and Health
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29 CFR Part 1903
China Lake NAWS (Armitage Field) Airport,
CA
(Lat. 35°41′09″ N, long. 117°41′32″ W)
That airspace extending upward from the
surface to and including 4,800 feet MSL
within a 4.5-mile radius of the airport, and
within 1.9 miles each side of the 226° bearing
from the airport extending from the 4.5-mile
radius to 5.3 miles southwest of the airport.
This Class D airspace area is effective during
the specific dates and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective
date and time will thereafter be continuously
published in the Chart Supplement.
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41 CFR Part 50–201
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20 CFR Part 655
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Part 100
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Department of Labor Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Annual Adjustments for 2022
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
SUMMARY:
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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 2022 annual
adjustments for inflation to its civil
monetary penalties.
DATES: This final rule is effective on
January 15, 2022. As provided by the
Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased
penalty levels apply to any penalties
assessed after January 15, 2022.
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 tollfree number). TTY/TDD callers may dial
toll-free 1–877–889–5627 to obtain
information or request materials in
alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Preamble Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Adjustment for 2022
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
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Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, sec.
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). On January 23,
2019, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2019 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 84 FR 213 (DOL 2019
Annual Adjustment). On January 15,
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2020, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2020 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 85 FR 2292 (DOL 2020
Annual Adjustment). On January 14,
2021, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2021 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 86 FR 2964 (DOL 2021
Annual Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2022 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. The Inflation
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.
This rule is not significant under
Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this rule as not a ‘major rule,’
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
II. Adjustment for 2022
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.1
The Department first identified the
most recent penalty amount, which
(with two exceptions, discussed herein)
is the amount established by the 2021
annual adjustment as set forth in the
DOL 2021 Annual Adjustment
published on January 14, 2021. The
Department is also responsible for
administering and enforcing a newlyenacted civil monetary penalty
regarding retention of tips under the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See
Public Law 115–141, section 1201
(2018) enacting $1,100 civil monetary
penalty). In 2018, Congress amended the
FLSA to expressly prohibit employers
from keeping employee’s tips for any
purpose, and gave the Department
discretion to impose civil monetary
penalties of up to $1,100 on employers
that unlawfully keep tips. See 29 U.S.C.
1 M–22–07, Implementation of Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for 2022, Pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (Dec. 15, 2021).
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203(m)(2)(B); 216(e)(2). On December
30, 2020, the Department published a
final rule that, among other provisions,
would have codified this tips retention
civil monetary penalty and adjusted the
amount of the civil money penalty for
inflation pursuant to the Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990 to the amount
of $1,162. See Tip Regulations Under
the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 85
FR 86,756 (Final Rule, Dec. 30, 2020)
(2020 Tip final rule). The 2020 Tip final
rule was initially scheduled to go into
effect on March 1, 2021. However, the
Department delayed the 2020 Tip final
rule’s effective date first to April 30,
2021, and then subsequently delayed
the effective date of certain portions of
the rule until December 31, 2021. On
March 25, 2021, the Department
proposed to withdraw and repropose
two portions of the 2020 Tip final rule,
including the portion incorporating the
new provisions authorizing the
assessment of civil monetary penalties
for violations of section 3(m)(2)(B) of the
FLSA. See Tip Regulations Under the
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Partial
Withdrawal, 86 FR 15,817 (proposed
March 25, 2021). On September 24,
2021, the Department finalized those
proposed regulations, which included
an adjustment of the civil monetary
amount to $1,162 pursuant to the
Inflation Adjustment Act. See Tip
Regulations Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA); Partial
Withdrawal, 86 FR 52,973 (Final Rule,
Sept. 24, 2021). Those regulations
became effective on November 23, 2021.
Accordingly, for purposes of this
Inflation Adjustment Act final rule, the
most recent penalty amount for the new
tips retention civil monetary penalty is
$1,162.
In addition, the Department is
responsible for administering and
enforcing the high-wage components of
the labor value content requirements as
set forth in section 202A of the United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act (USMCA), Public
Law 116–113, 134 Stat. 11 (2020),
codified at 19 U.S.C. 1508, as amended,
and 19 U.S.C. 4501 et seq. The
Department published an Interim Final
Rule implementing regulations
necessary to administer these
requirements, which became effective
on July 1, 2020. See High-Wage
Components of the Labor Value Content
Requirements Under the United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act, 85 FR 39,782
(Interim Final Rule, July 1, 2020)
(codified at 29 CFR part 810) (2020
USMCA IFR). Among other provisions,
pursuant to the Secretary’s authority
under 19 U.S.C. 4532(e)(5), the 2020
USMCA IFR established a civil
monetary penalty at 29 CFR
810.800(c)(3)(i) of up to $50,000 per
violation of the rule’s whistleblower
protections. The Department was not
required to adjust this civil monetary
penalty in its 2021 Inflation Adjustment
Act rule because this penalty was
established within the 12 months
preceding the 2021 inflation adjustment.
See Inflation Adjustment Act, § 4(d), 28
U.S.C. 2461 note, § 4(d). Accordingly,
for purposes of this Inflation
Adjustment Act final rule, the most
recent maximum penalty amount for the
new USMCA civil monetary penalty is
$50,000.
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 2021 CPI–U and
the October 2020 CPI–U. The cost-ofliving adjustment multiplier for 2022,
based on the Consumer Price Index
(CPI–U) for the month of October 2021,
not seasonally adjusted, is 1.06222.2 In
order to compute the 2022 annual
adjustment, the Department multiplied
the most recent penalty amount for each
applicable penalty by the multiplier,
1.06222, 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.3
Accordingly, for penalties assessed after
January 15, 2022, 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 VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 3(m)(2)(B) OF THE FLSA (TIPS)
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
Which penalty level applies
After March 23, 2018 ........................
After March 23, 2018 ........................
After March 23, 2018 ........................
After March 23, 2018 but on or before November 23, 2021 ........
After November 23, 2021 but on or before January 15, 2022 .....
After January 15, 2022 ..................................................................
CAA amount ($1,100).
November 23, 2021 level ($1,162).
January 15, 2022 levels.
CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR USMCA VIOLATIONS
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
Which penalty level applies
After July 1, 2020 .............................
After July 1, 2020 .............................
After July 1, 2020 but on or before January 15, 2022 ..................
After January 15, 2022 ..................................................................
2020 USMCA IFR amount ($50,000).
January 15, 2022 levels ($53,111).
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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 ...................
After 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, but on or before January 15, 2020 ........
After January 15, 2020, but on or before January 15, 2021 ........
2 OMB provided the year-over-year multiplier,
rounded to 5 decimal points. Id. at 1.
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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.
January 15, 2020 levels.
3 Appendix 1 consists of a table that provides
ready access to key information about each penalty.
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CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR THE H–2B TEMPORARY NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM—Continued
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
Which penalty level applies
After November 2, 2015 ...................
After November 2, 2015 ...................
After January 15, 2021, but on or before January 15, 2022 ........
After January 15, 2022 ..................................................................
January 15, 2021 levels.
January 15, 2022 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 ...................
After November 2, 2015 ...................
After November 2, 2015 ...................
After November 2, 2015 ...................
After 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 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, but on or before January 15, 2020 ........
After January 15, 2020, but on or before January 15, 2021 ........
After January 15, 2021, but on or before January 15, 2022 ........
After January 15, 2022 ..................................................................
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.
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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 and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
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’’
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regulatory action and a cost-benefit and
economic analysis is not required. This
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.
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
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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.
January 15, 2020 levels.
January 15, 2021 levels.
January 15, 2022 levels.
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 Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29
U.S.C. 667) requires Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)-approved State Plans to have
standards and an enforcement program
that are at least as effective as Federal
OSHA’s standards and enforcement
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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
§ 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 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 privatesector 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.
workers, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Workers’
compensation.
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal
Governments
29 CFR Part 530
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.
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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.
Immigration, Labor, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 702
Administrative practice and
procedure, Longshore and harbor
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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 Part 1903
Intergovernmental relations, Law
enforcement, Occupational Safety and
Health, Penalties.
30 CFR Part 100
Mine safety and health, Penalties.
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.
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 VI and VII,
29 CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII,
and XXV, 30 CFR chapter I, and 41 CFR
chapter 50 are amended as follows.
29 CFR Part 501
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Administrative practice and
procedure, Agriculture, Aliens,
Employment, Housing, Housing
standards, Immigration, Labor, Migrant
labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
Employment and Training
Administration
29 CFR Part 500
29 CFR Part 503
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Employment,
Housing, Immigration, Labor, Penalties,
Transportation, Wages.
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.
Child labor, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 655
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Administrative practice and
procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 579
List of Subjects
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20 CFR Part 725
29 CFR Part 810
Labor, Wages, Hours of work, Trade
agreement, Motor vehicle, Tariffs,
Imports, Whistleblowing.
29 CFR Part 801
Administrative practice and
procedure, Employment, Lie detector
tests, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
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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:
■
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); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115–128,
132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806).
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).
Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806.
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.
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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).
§§ 655.620, 655.801, and 655.810
[Amended]
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.
2. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
■
Paragraph
Remove
§ 655.620(a) .............................................................................................................................................................
§ 655.801(b) .............................................................................................................................................................
§ 655.810(b)(1) introductory text ..............................................................................................................................
§ 655.810(b)(2) introductory text ..............................................................................................................................
§ 655.810(b)(3) introductory text ..............................................................................................................................
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.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND
PROCEDURE
3. The authority citation for part 702
continues to read as follows:
■
$24,730 ..........................
January 15, 2021 ...........
$301 ...............................
January 15, 2021 ...........
January 15, 2021 ...........
$2,473 ............................
$12,363 ..........................
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; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405;
Secretary’s Order 10–2009, 74 FR 58834.
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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.
§ 702.204 ................................................................................................................................
§ 702.204 ................................................................................................................................
§ 702.236 ................................................................................................................................
§ 702.236 ................................................................................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ........................................................................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ........................................................................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ........................................................................................................................
[Amended]
6. In § 725.621, amend paragraph (d)
by removing ‘‘January 15, 2021’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘January 15, 2022’’
and by removing ‘‘$1,506’’ and adding
in its place ‘‘$1,600’’.
■
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
§ 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.
■
Remove
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table 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 15, 2021 ...........
$148 ...............................
293 .................................
441 .................................
586 .................................
January 15, 2021 ...........
$148 ...............................
January 15, 2021 ...........
$441 ...............................
January 15, 2021 ...........
$3,011 ............................
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$26,269.
January 15, 2022.
$320.
January 15, 2022.
January 15, 2022.
$2,627.
$13,132.
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.
Paragraph
VerDate Sep<11>2014
$10,360
8,433
2,072
8,433
59,028
■
Remove
§ 725.621
$9,753
7,939
1,951
7,939
55,570
§§ 702.204, 702.236, and 702.271
[Amended]
Section/paragraph
PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS
UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ACT, AS AMENDED
Add
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January
$157.
$311.
$468.
$622.
January
$157.
January
$468.
January
$3,198.
15, 2022.
15, 2022.
15, 2022.
15, 2022.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
§ 5.5
Wage and Hour Division
■
[Amended]
10. In § 5.5, amend paragraph (b)(2) by
removing ‘‘$27’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$29’’.
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.
§ 5.8
[Amended]
11. In § 5.8, amend paragraph (a) by
removing ‘‘$27’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$29’’.
PART 501—ENFORCEMENT OF
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR
TEMPORARY ALIEN AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER
SECTION 218 OF THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT
■
PART 500—MIGRANT AND SEASONAL
AGRICULTURAL WORKER
PROTECTION
12. The authority citation for part 500
continues to read as follows:
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 § 701.
■
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.
§ 500.1
[Amended]
§ 501.19
[Amended]
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.
■
13. In § 500.1, amend paragraph (e) by
removing ‘‘$2,579’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,739’’.
■
Paragraph
Remove
§ 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) ................................................................................................................................................................
PART 503—ENFORCEMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY
NONIMMIGRANT NONAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT
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.
16. The authority citation for part 503
continues to read as follows:
■
§ 503.23
■
[Amended]
17. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
Remove
§ 503.23(b) ...............................................................................................................................................................
§ 503.23(c) ...............................................................................................................................................................
§ 503.23(d) ...............................................................................................................................................................
PART 530—EMPLOYMENT OF
HOMEWORKERS IN CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES
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.
18. The authority citation for part 530
continues to read as follows:
■
■
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U.S.C. 211) as amended by sec. 9, 63 Stat.
910 (29 U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary’s Order No.
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$1,898
6,386
63,232
126,463
6,386
18,970
18,970
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
■
$1,787
6,012
59,528
119,055
6,012
17,859
17,859
Add
19. In § 530.302:
a. Amend paragraph (a) by removing
‘‘$1,084’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$1,151;’’ and
■ b. Revising paragraph (b).
The revision reads as follows:
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$13,072
13,072
13,072
Add
$13,885
13,885
13,885
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
Minor
Recordkeeping ...........................................................................................................
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
Subpart G—General Statements of
Interpretation of the Child Labor
Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938, as Amended
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
§ 701.
§ 570.140
[Amended]
$22–231
22–231
..............................
22–231
PART 578—TIP RETENTION, MINIMUM
WAGE, AND OVERTIME
VIOLATIONS—CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
22. The authority citation for part 578
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 216(e), as amended by
sec. 9, Pub. L. 101–157, 103 Stat. 938, sec.
3103, Pub. L. 101–508, 104 Stat. 1388–29,
sec. 302(a), Pub. L. 110–233, 122 Stat. 920,
and sec. 1201, Div. S., Tit. XII, Pub. L. 115–
141, 132 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat.
890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by
sec. 31001(s), Pub. L. 104–134, 110 Stat.
1321–358, 1321–373, and sec. 701, Pub. L.
114–74, 129 Stat 584.
§ 578.3
[Amended]
23. In § 578.3, amend paragraph (a)(1)
by removing ‘‘$1,162’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$1,234’’.
■ 24. In § 578.3, amend paragraph (a)(2)
by removing ‘‘$2,074’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,203’’.
■
21. In § 570.140, amend paragraph
(b)(1) by removing ‘‘$13,227’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘$14,050’’ and
paragraph (b)(2) by removing ‘‘$60,115’’
and adding in its place ‘‘$63,855’’.
■
$231–460
231–460
231–460
231–460
24. The authority citation for part 579
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 203(m), (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.
§ 579.1
[Amended]
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.
■
Remove
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A) .....................................................................................................................................................
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B) .....................................................................................................................................................
§ 579.1(a)(2)(i) .........................................................................................................................................................
§ 579.1(a)(2)(ii) .........................................................................................................................................................
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 § 701, 129
Stat 584.
§ 801.42
[Amended]
27. In § 801.42, amend paragraph (a)
introductory text by removing
‘‘$21,663’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$23,011’’.
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PART 810—HIGH-WAGE
COMPONENTS OF THE LABOR VALUE
CONTENT REQUIREMENTS UNDER
THE UNITED STATES-MEXICOCANADA AGREEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION ACT
28. The authority citation for part 810
is revised to read as follows:
■
Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1508(b)(4) & 19
U.S.C. 4535(b); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); and Pub. L. 114–74 at § 701.
§ 810.800
[Amended]
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$14,050
63,855
2,203
1,234
30. 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 § 701.
§ 825.300
[Amended]
31. In § 825.300, amend paragraph
(a)(1) by removing ‘‘$178’’ and adding in
its place ‘‘$189’’.
■
29. In § 810.800, amend paragraph
(c)(3)(i) by removing ‘‘$50,000’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘$53,111’’.
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$13,227
60,115
2,074
1,162
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PART 825—THE FAMILY AND
MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
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..............................
460–1,151
460–1,151
PART 579—CHILD LABOR
VIOLATIONS—CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
Paragraph
PART 801—APPLICATION OF THE
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH
PROTECTION ACT OF 1988
Repeated,
intentional
or knowing
Substantial
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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).
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Title 29—Labor
PART 1903—INSPECTIONS,
CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED
PENALTIES
§ 1903.15
32. The authority citation for part
1903 continues to read as follows:
■
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 15, 2021 .............................................
$9,753 ...............................................................
$136,532 ...........................................................
$136,532 ...........................................................
$13,653 .............................................................
$13,653 .............................................................
$13,653 .............................................................
$13,653 .............................................................
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Title 30—Mineral Resources
PART 100—CRITERIA AND
PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES
34. 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 § 701.
35. In § 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1)
introductory text by removing
‘‘$74,775’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$79,428’’ and by removing the table in
paragraph (g) and adding Table 14 to
paragraph (g) to read as follows:
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§ 100.3 Determination of penalty amount;
regular assessment.
*
*
(g) * * *
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TABLE 14 TO PARAGRAPH (g)—
PENALTY CONVERSION TABLE
Points
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
Penalty
($)
or fewer ...........................
..........................................
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173
188
204
221
239
260
280
304
329
357
388
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$10,360.
$145,027.
$145,027.
$14,502.
$14,502.
$14,502.
$14,502.
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74 ..........................................
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33. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
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indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph
and add in its place the dollar amount
or date indicated in the right column.
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420
453
492
535
576
626
678
735
796
860
934
1,011
1,097
1,188
1,285
1,393
1,509
1,635
1,771
1,917
2,077
2,251
2,438
2,641
2,859
3,100
3,358
3,638
3,940
4,268
4,624
5,008
5,427
5,878
6,368
6,898
7,473
8,095
8,767
9,499
10,291
Penalty
($)
Points
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
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11,149
12,076
13,081
14,172
15,352
16,631
18,015
19,517
21,140
22,903
24,811
26,874
29,114
31,540
34,166
37,012
40,096
43,435
47,051
50,970
55,036
59,100
63,168
67,230
71,297
75,361
79,428
*
[Amended]
36. 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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§ 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) .................................................................................................................................................................
Title 41—Public Contracts and Property
Management
PART 50–201—GENERAL
REGULATIONS
37. The authority citation for part 50–
201 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sec. 4, 49 Stat. 2038; 41 U.S.C.
38. Interpret or apply sec. 6, 49 Stat. 2038,
$2,493
4,983
6,232
74,775
8,101
342
274,175
$2,648
5,293
6,620
79,428
8,605
363
291,234
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.
Signed in Washington, DC.
Martin J. Walsh,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
§ 50–201.3
Note: The following Appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
[Amended]
38. In § 50–201.3, amend paragraph
(e) by removing ‘‘$27’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$29’’.
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2021
2022
Agency
Law
Name description
CFR citation
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
MSHA ....
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Regular Assessment ................................
30 CFR 100.3(a) .....
........................
$74,775 .........
........................
$79,428.
Penalty Conversion Table ........................
30 CFR 100.3(g) .....
$139
$74,775 .........
$148
$79,428.
Minimum Penalty for any order issued
under 104(d)(1) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.4(a) .....
2,493
.......................
2,648
Minimum penalty for any order issued
under 104(d)(2) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.4(b) .....
4,983
.......................
5,293
Penalty for failure to provide timely notification under 103(j) of the Mine Act.
39 CFR 100.4(c) .....
6,232
$74,775 .........
6,620
Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a citation or order was
issued under 104(a) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.5(c) .....
........................
$8,101 ...........
........................
$8,605.
Violation of mandatory safety standards
related to smoking standards.
30 CFR 100.5(d) .....
........................
$342 ..............
........................
$363.
Flagrant violations under 110(b)(2) of the
Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.5(e) .....
........................
$274,175 .......
........................
$291,234.
Section 209(b): Per plan year for failure
to furnish reports (e.g., pension benefit
statements) to certain former employees or maintain employee records
each employee a separate violation.
Section 502(c)(2)—Per day for failure/refusal to properly file plan annual report.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$31 ................
........................
$33.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$2,259 ...........
........................
$2,400.
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).
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,788 ...........
........................
$1,899.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,644 ...........
........................
$1,746.
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
EBSA ....
EBSA ....
EBSA ....
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Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
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Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$161 per day,
not to exceed $1,613
per request.
$143 ..............
........................
EBSA ....
........................
$171 per day,
not to exceed $1,713
per request.
$152.
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,419 ...........
........................
$1,507.
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$120 ..............
........................
$127.
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$120 ..............
........................
$127.
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$120 ..............
........................
$127.
EBSA ....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
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; or 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
during non-compliance period.
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected de minimis violation.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
3,005
.......................
3,192
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected
tions that are not de minimis.
viola-
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
18,035
.......................
19,157
Section 502(c)(10)—unintentional failure
maximum cap.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$601,152 .......
........................
$638,556.
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 .......................................
29CFR 2575.1–3 .....
........................
$110 ..............
........................
$117.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$17,416 .........
........................
$18,500.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,190 ...........
........................
$1,264.
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(3).
........................
$13,653 .........
........................
$14,502.
Other-Than-Serious ..................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(4).
........................
$13,653 .........
........................
$14,502.
Willful ........................................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(1).
9,753
$136,532 .......
10,360
$145,027.
Repeated ..................................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(2).
........................
$136,532 .......
........................
$145,027.
Posting Requirement ................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(6).
........................
$13,653 .........
........................
$14,502.
Failure to Abate ........................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(5).
........................
$13,653 per
day.
........................
$14,502 per
day.
FMLA ........................................................
29 CFR
825.300(a)(1).
........................
$178 ..............
........................
$189.
EBSA ....
EBSA ....
EBSA ....
EBSA ....
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.
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
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OSHA ....
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Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Fair Labor
Standards
Name description
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
FLSA .........................................................
29 CFR 578.3(a)(1)
........................
$1,162 ...........
........................
$1,234.
FLSA .........................................................
29 CFR 578.3(a)(2)
........................
$2,074 ...........
........................
$2,203.
Child Labor ...............................................
29 CFR
579.1(a)(2)(i).
29 CFR
579.1(a)(2)(ii).
29 CFR
570.140(b)(1).
29 CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).
29 CFR
570.140(b)(2).
29 CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
29 CFR
570.140(b)(2); 29
CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)
Doubled.
29 CFR 500.1(e) .....
........................
$2,074 ...........
........................
$2,203.
........................
$1,162 ...........
........................
$1,234.
........................
$13,227 .........
........................
$14,050.
........................
$13,227 .........
........................
$14,050.
........................
$60,115 .........
........................
$63,855.
........................
$60,115 .........
........................
$63,855.
........................
$120,230 .......
........................
$127,710.
........................
$2,579 ...........
........................
$2,739.
........................
$1,951 ...........
........................
$2,072.
........................
$7,939 ...........
........................
$8,433.
........................
$7,939 ...........
........................
$8,433.
Act.
Act.
Act.
Child Labor ...............................................
Act.
Child Labor ...............................................
Act.
Child Labor ...............................................
Act.
Act.
Act.
Act.
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
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.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
United StatesMexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.
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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 (penalty
amount doubled).
MSPA ........................................................
H1B ...........................................................
H1B retaliation ..........................................
H1B willful or discrimination .....................
20 CFR
655.810(b)(1).
20 CFR 655.801(b)
H1B willful that resulted in displacement
of a US worker.
D–1 ...........................................................
20 CFR
655.810(b)(2).
20 CFR
655.810(b)(3).
20 CFR 655.620(a)
........................
$55,570 .........
........................
$59,028.
........................
$9,753 ...........
........................
$10,360.
CWHSSA ..................................................
29 CFR 5.5(b)(2) .....
........................
$27 ................
........................
$29.
CWHSSA ..................................................
29 CFR 5.8(a) .........
........................
$27 ................
........................
$29.
Walsh-Healey ...........................................
41 CFR 50–201.3(e)
........................
$27 ................
........................
$29.
EPPA ........................................................
29 CFR 801.42(a) ...
........................
$21,663 .........
........................
$23,011.
H2A ...........................................................
29 CFR 501.19(c) ...
........................
$1,787 ...........
........................
$1,898.
H2A willful or discrimination .....................
29 CFR 501.19(c)(1)
........................
$6,012 ...........
........................
$6,386.
H2A Safety or health resulting in serious
injury or death.
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(c)(2)
........................
$59,528 .........
........................
$63,232.
29 CFR 501.19(c)(4)
........................
$119,055 .......
........................
$126,463.
29 CFR 501.19(d) ...
........................
$6,012 ...........
........................
$6,386.
29 CFR 501.19(e) ...
........................
$17,859 .........
........................
$18,970.
H2A improperly rejecting a US worker .....
29 CFR 501.19(f) ....
........................
$17,859 .........
........................
$18,970.
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(b) ...
........................
$13,072 .........
........................
$13,885.
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(c) ...
........................
$13,072 .........
........................
$13,885.
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(d) ...
........................
$13,072 .........
........................
$13,885.
Home Worker ...........................................
29 CFR 530.302(a)
........................
$1,084 ...........
........................
$1,151.
Home Worker ...........................................
29 CFR 530.302(b)
21
$1,084 ...........
22
$1,151.
Whistleblower ...........................................
29 CFR
810.800(c)(3)(i).
........................
$50,000 .........
........................
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nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
OWCP ...
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Failure to file first report of injury or filing
a false statement or misrepresentation
in first report.
20 CFR 702.204 .....
........................
$24,730 .........
........................
$26,269.
Failure to report termination of payments
20 CFR 702.236 .....
........................
$301 ..............
........................
$320.
Discrimination against employees who
claim compensation or testify in a
LHWCA proceeding.
20 CFR
702.271(a)(2).
2,473
$12,363 .........
2,627
Failure to report termination of payments
20 CFR 725.621(d)
........................
$1,506 ...........
........................
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
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(4).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(5).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(5).
148
.......................
157
293
.......................
311
441
.......................
468
586
.......................
622
148
.......................
157
441
.......................
468
........................
$3,011 ...........
........................
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
29 CFR Parts 4071 and 4302
Executive Summary
[FR Doc. 2022–00144 Filed 1–13–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–HL–P
RIN 1212–AB45
Adjustment of Civil Penalties for
Inflation
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation is required to amend its
regulations annually to adjust for
inflation the maximum civil penalty for
failure to provide certain notices or
other material information and for
failure to provide certain multiemployer
plan notices.
DATES:
Effective date: This rule is effective on
January 14, 2022.
Applicability date: The increases in
the civil monetary penalties under
sections 4071 and 4302 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act
provided for in this rule apply to such
penalties assessed after January 14,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Katz (katz.gregory@pbgc.gov),
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
SUMMARY:
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Purpose of the Regulatory Action
This rule is needed to carry out the
requirements of the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of
Management and Budget guidance M–
22–07. The rule adjusts, as required for
2022, the maximum civil penalties
under 29 CFR 4071 and 29 CFR 4302
that the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) may assess for
failure to provide certain notices or
other material information and certain
multiemployer plan notices.
PBGC’s legal authority for this action
comes from the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as
amended by the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 and from sections
4002(b)(3), 4071, and 4302 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Major Provisions of the Regulatory
Action
This rule adjusts as required by law
the maximum civil penalties that PBGC
may assess under sections 4071 and
4302 of ERISA. The new maximum
amounts are $2,400 for section 4071
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$13,132.
$1,600.
$3,198.
penalties and $320 for section 4302
penalties.
Background
PBGC administers title IV of ERISA.
Title IV has two provisions that
authorize PBGC to assess civil monetary
penalties.1 Section 4302, added to
ERISA by the Multiemployer Pension
Plan Amendments Act of 1980,
authorizes PBGC to assess a civil
penalty of up to $100 a day for failure
to provide a notice under subtitle E of
title IV of ERISA (dealing with
multiemployer plans). Section 4071,
added to ERISA by the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987, authorizes
PBGC to assess a civil penalty of up to
$1,000 a day for failure to provide a
notice or other material information
under subtitles A, B, and C of title IV
and sections 303(k)(4) and 306(g)(4) of
title I of ERISA.
Adjustment of Civil Penalties
On November 2, 2015, the President
signed into law the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015,2 which
1 Under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990, a penalty is a civil
monetary penalty if (among other things) it is for
a specific monetary amount or has a maximum
amount specified by Federal law. Title IV also
provides (in section 4007) for penalties for late
payment of premiums, but those penalties are
neither in a specified amount nor subject to a
specified maximum amount.
2 Sec. 701, Public Law 114–74, 129 Stat. 599–601
(Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2328-2340]
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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, and 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, 810, and 825
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1903
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Part 100
RIN 1290-AA46
Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Annual Adjustments for 2022
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
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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 2022 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil
monetary penalties.
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 15, 2022. As provided by
the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after January 15, 2022.
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 2022
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,
sec. 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). On January 23, 2019, the Department
published the final rule establishing the 2019 Annual Adjustment for
civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 84 FR 213 (DOL 2019 Annual
Adjustment). On January 15, 2020, the Department published the final
rule establishing the 2020 Annual Adjustment for civil monetary
penalties assessed or enforced by the Department, including H-2B civil
monetary penalties. See 85 FR 2292 (DOL 2020 Annual Adjustment). On
January 14, 2021, the Department published the final rule establishing
the 2021 Annual Adjustment for civil monetary penalties assessed or
enforced by the Department, including H-2B civil monetary penalties.
See 86 FR 2964 (DOL 2021 Annual Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2022 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. The Inflation 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.
This rule is not significant under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule
as not a `major rule,' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
II. Adjustment for 2022
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.\1\
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\1\ M-22-07, Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for
2022, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Dec. 15, 2021).
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The Department first identified the most recent penalty amount,
which (with two exceptions, discussed herein) is the amount established
by the 2021 annual adjustment as set forth in the DOL 2021 Annual
Adjustment published on January 14, 2021. The Department is also
responsible for administering and enforcing a newly-enacted civil
monetary penalty regarding retention of tips under the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA). See Public Law 115-141, section 1201 (2018)
enacting $1,100 civil monetary penalty). In 2018, Congress amended the
FLSA to expressly prohibit employers from keeping employee's tips for
any purpose, and gave the Department discretion to impose civil
monetary penalties of up to $1,100 on employers that unlawfully keep
tips. See 29 U.S.C.
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203(m)(2)(B); 216(e)(2). On December 30, 2020, the Department published
a final rule that, among other provisions, would have codified this
tips retention civil monetary penalty and adjusted the amount of the
civil money penalty for inflation pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990 to the amount of $1,162. See Tip Regulations Under the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 85 FR 86,756 (Final Rule, Dec. 30, 2020)
(2020 Tip final rule). The 2020 Tip final rule was initially scheduled
to go into effect on March 1, 2021. However, the Department delayed the
2020 Tip final rule's effective date first to April 30, 2021, and then
subsequently delayed the effective date of certain portions of the rule
until December 31, 2021. On March 25, 2021, the Department proposed to
withdraw and repropose two portions of the 2020 Tip final rule,
including the portion incorporating the new provisions authorizing the
assessment of civil monetary penalties for violations of section
3(m)(2)(B) of the FLSA. See Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA); Partial Withdrawal, 86 FR 15,817 (proposed March
25, 2021). On September 24, 2021, the Department finalized those
proposed regulations, which included an adjustment of the civil
monetary amount to $1,162 pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act. See
Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Partial
Withdrawal, 86 FR 52,973 (Final Rule, Sept. 24, 2021). Those
regulations became effective on November 23, 2021. Accordingly, for
purposes of this Inflation Adjustment Act final rule, the most recent
penalty amount for the new tips retention civil monetary penalty is
$1,162.
In addition, the Department is responsible for administering and
enforcing the high-wage components of the labor value content
requirements as set forth in section 202A of the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement Implementation Act (USMCA), Public Law 116-113, 134
Stat. 11 (2020), codified at 19 U.S.C. 1508, as amended, and 19 U.S.C.
4501 et seq. The Department published an Interim Final Rule
implementing regulations necessary to administer these requirements,
which became effective on July 1, 2020. See High-Wage Components of the
Labor Value Content Requirements Under the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act, 85 FR 39,782 (Interim Final Rule, July 1,
2020) (codified at 29 CFR part 810) (2020 USMCA IFR). Among other
provisions, pursuant to the Secretary's authority under 19 U.S.C.
4532(e)(5), the 2020 USMCA IFR established a civil monetary penalty at
29 CFR 810.800(c)(3)(i) of up to $50,000 per violation of the rule's
whistleblower protections. The Department was not required to adjust
this civil monetary penalty in its 2021 Inflation Adjustment Act rule
because this penalty was established within the 12 months preceding the
2021 inflation adjustment. See Inflation Adjustment Act, Sec. 4(d), 28
U.S.C. 2461 note, Sec. 4(d). Accordingly, for purposes of this
Inflation Adjustment Act final rule, the most recent maximum penalty
amount for the new USMCA civil monetary penalty is $50,000.
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 2021 CPI-U and the October 2020 CPI-U. The cost-of-living
adjustment multiplier for 2022, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-
U) for the month of October 2021, not seasonally adjusted, is
1.06222.\2\ In order to compute the 2022 annual adjustment, the
Department multiplied the most recent penalty amount for each
applicable penalty by the multiplier, 1.06222, and rounded to the
nearest dollar.
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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.\3\ Accordingly, for penalties assessed after January 15, 2022,
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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\3\ Appendix 1 consists of a table that provides ready access to
key information about each penalty.
Civil Monetary Penalties for Violations of Section 3(m)(2)(B) of the FLSA (Tips)
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Which penalty level
Violations occurring Penalty assessed applies
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After March 23, 2018................................. After March 23, 2018 but on or CAA amount ($1,100).
before November 23, 2021.
After March 23, 2018................................. After November 23, 2021 but on November 23, 2021 level
or before January 15, 2022. ($1,162).
After March 23, 2018................................. After January 15, 2022........ January 15, 2022 levels.
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Civil Monetary Penalties for USMCA Violations
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Which penalty level
Violations occurring Penalty assessed applies
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After July 1, 2020................................... After July 1, 2020 but on or 2020 USMCA IFR amount
before January 15, 2022. ($50,000).
After July 1, 2020................................... After January 15, 2022........ January 15, 2022 levels
($53,111).
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Civil Monetary Penalties for the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker Program
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Which penalty level
Violations occurring Penalty assessed applies
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On or before November 2, 2015........................ On or before August 1, 2016... Pre-August 1, 2016
levels.
On or before November 2, 2015........................ After August 1, 2016.......... Pre-August 1, 2016
levels.
After November 2, 2015............................... After August 1, 2016, but on August 1, 2016 levels.
or before March 17, 2017.
After November 2, 2015............................... After March 17, 2017, but on March 17, 2017 levels.
or before January 2, 2018.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 2, 2018, but on January 2, 2018 levels.
or before January 23, 2019.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 23, 2019, but on January 23, 2019 levels.
or before January 15, 2020.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2020, but on January 15, 2020 levels.
or before January 15, 2021.
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After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2021, but on January 15, 2021 levels.
or before January 15, 2022.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2022........ January 15, 2022 levels.
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Civil Monetary Penalties for Other DOL Programs
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Which penalty level
Violations occurring Penalty assessed applies
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On or before November 2, 2015........................ On or before August 1, 2016... Pre-August 1, 2016
levels.
On or before November 2, 2015........................ After August 1, 2016.......... Pre-August 1, 2016
levels.
After November 2, 2015............................... After August 1, 2016, but on August 1, 2016 levels.
or before January 13, 2017.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 13, 2017, but on January 13, 2017 levels.
or before January 2, 2018.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 2, 2018, but on January 2, 2018 levels.
or before January 23, 2019.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 23, 2019, but on January 23, 2019 levels.
or before January 15, 2020.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2020, but on January 15, 2020 levels.
or before January 15, 2021.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2021, but on January 15, 2021 levels.
or before January 15, 2022.
After November 2, 2015............................... After January 15, 2022........ January 15, 2022 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 and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
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 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.
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 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH
Act) (29 U.S.C. 667) requires Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)-approved State Plans to have standards and an
enforcement program that are at least as effective as Federal OSHA's
standards and enforcement
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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 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.
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 810
Labor, Wages, Hours of work, Trade agreement, Motor vehicle,
Tariffs, Imports, Whistleblowing.
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 Part 1903
Intergovernmental relations, Law enforcement, Occupational Safety
and Health, Penalties.
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 VI and
VII, 29 CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII, and XXV, 30 CFR chapter I,
and 41 CFR chapter 50 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
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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); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115-
128, 132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806).
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).
Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806.
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.
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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).
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 655.620(a)....................... $9,753 $10,360
Sec. 655.801(b)....................... 7,939 8,433
Sec. 655.810(b)(1) introductory text.. 1,951 2,072
Sec. 655.810(b)(2) introductory text.. 7,939 8,433
Sec. 655.810(b)(3) introductory text.. 55,570 59,028
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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 continues 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..................... $24,730.............................. $26,269.
Sec. 702.204..................... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 702.236..................... $301................................. $320.
Sec. 702.236..................... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)............... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)............... $2,473............................... $2,627.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2)............... $12,363.............................. $13,132.
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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; 33 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 15,
2021'' and adding in its place ``January 15, 2022'' and by removing
``$1,506'' and adding in its place ``$1,600''.
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) table January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Introductory text.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table...... $148................................. $157.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table...... 293.................................. $311.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table...... 441.................................. $468.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table...... 586.................................. $622.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4)............... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4)............... $148................................. $157.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5)............... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5)............... $441................................. $468.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6)............... January 15, 2021..................... January 15, 2022.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6)............... $3,011............................... $3,198.
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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 ``$27'' and adding
in its place ``$29''.
Sec. 5.8 [Amended]
0
11. In Sec. 5.8, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$27'' and adding in
its place ``$29''.
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 ``$2,579'' and
adding in its place ``$2,739''.
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...... $1,787 $1,898
Sec. 501.19(c)(1)..................... 6,012 6,386
Sec. 501.19(c)(2)..................... 59,528 63,232
Sec. 501.19(c)(4)..................... 119,055 126,463
Sec. 501.19(d)........................ 6,012 6,386
Sec. 501.19(e)........................ 17,859 18,970
Sec. 501.19(f)........................ 17,859 18,970
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PART 503--ENFORCEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY NONIMMIGRANT
NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY ACT
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)........................ $13,072 $13,885
Sec. 503.23(c)........................ 13,072 13,885
Sec. 503.23(d)........................ 13,072 13,885
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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:
0
a. Amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$1,084'' and adding in its place
``$1,151;'' and
0
b. Revising 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:
[[Page 2335]]
Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
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Penalty per affected homeworker
--------------------------------------------------------
Nature of violation Repeated,
Minor Substantial intentional or
knowing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recordkeeping.......................................... $22-231 $231-460 $460-1,151
Monetary violations.................................... 22-231 231-460 .................
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate........ ................. 231-460 460-1,151
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer 22-231 231-460 460-1,151
assurances............................................
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PART 570--CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF
INTERPRETATION
Subpart G--General Statements of Interpretation of the Child Labor
Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as Amended
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 ``$13,227''
and adding in its place ``$14,050'' and paragraph (b)(2) by removing
``$60,115'' and adding in its place ``$63,855''.
PART 578--TIP RETENTION, MINIMUM WAGE, AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS--
CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES
0
22. The authority citation for part 578 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 216(e), as amended by sec. 9, Pub. L. 101-
157, 103 Stat. 938, sec. 3103, Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-29,
sec. 302(a), Pub. L. 110-233, 122 Stat. 920, and sec. 1201, Div. S.,
Tit. XII, Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat.
890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by sec. 31001(s), Pub. L. 104-
134, 110 Stat. 1321-358, 1321-373, and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129
Stat 584.
Sec. 578.3 [Amended]
0
23. In Sec. 578.3, amend paragraph (a)(1) by removing ``$1,162'' and
adding in its place ``$1,234''.
0
24. In Sec. 578.3, amend paragraph (a)(2) by removing ``$2,074'' and
adding in its place ``$2,203''.
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(m), (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.
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)................ $13,227 $14,050
Sec. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)................ 60,115 63,855
Sec. 579.1(a)(2)(i)................... 2,074 2,203
Sec. 579.1(a)(2)(ii).................. 1,162 1,234
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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
``$21,663'' and adding in its place ``$23,011''.
PART 810--HIGH-WAGE COMPONENTS OF THE LABOR VALUE CONTENT
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION ACT
0
28. The authority citation for part 810 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1508(b)(4) & 19 U.S.C. 4535(b); 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 810.800 [Amended]
0
29. In Sec. 810.800, amend paragraph (c)(3)(i) by removing ``$50,000''
and adding in its place ``$53,111''.
PART 825--THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
0
30. 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
31. In Sec. 825.300, amend paragraph (a)(1) by removing ``$178'' and
adding in its place ``$189''.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Title 29--Labor
PART 1903--INSPECTIONS, CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED PENALTIES
0
32. 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
33. 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 January 15, 2021.. January 15, 2022.
text.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1)............ $9,753............ $10,360.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1)............ $136,532.......... $145,027.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(2)............ $136,532.......... $145,027.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(3)............ $13,653........... $14,502.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(4)............ $13,653........... $14,502.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(5)............ $13,653........... $14,502.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(6)............ $13,653........... $14,502.
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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
34. 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
35. In Sec. 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1) introductory text by
removing ``$74,775'' and adding in its place ``$79,428'' and by
removing the table in paragraph (g) and adding Table 14 to paragraph
(g) to read as follows:
Sec. 100.3 Determination of penalty amount; regular assessment.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
Table 14 to Paragraph (g)--Penalty Conversion Table
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Points Penalty ($)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 or fewer............................................. $148
61...................................................... 161
62...................................................... 173
63...................................................... 188
64...................................................... 204
65...................................................... 221
66...................................................... 239
67...................................................... 260
68...................................................... 280
69...................................................... 304
70...................................................... 329
71...................................................... 357
72...................................................... 388
73...................................................... 420
74...................................................... 453
75...................................................... 492
76...................................................... 535
77...................................................... 576
78...................................................... 626
79...................................................... 678
80...................................................... 735
81...................................................... 796
82...................................................... 860
83...................................................... 934
84...................................................... 1,011
85...................................................... 1,097
86...................................................... 1,188
87...................................................... 1,285
88...................................................... 1,393
89...................................................... 1,509
90...................................................... 1,635
91...................................................... 1,771
92...................................................... 1,917
93...................................................... 2,077
94...................................................... 2,251
95...................................................... 2,438
96...................................................... 2,641
97...................................................... 2,859
98...................................................... 3,100
99...................................................... 3,358
100..................................................... 3,638
101..................................................... 3,940
102..................................................... 4,268
103..................................................... 4,624
104..................................................... 5,008
105..................................................... 5,427
106..................................................... 5,878
107..................................................... 6,368
108..................................................... 6,898
109..................................................... 7,473
110..................................................... 8,095
111..................................................... 8,767
112..................................................... 9,499
113..................................................... 10,291
114..................................................... 11,149
115..................................................... 12,076
116..................................................... 13,081
117..................................................... 14,172
118..................................................... 15,352
119..................................................... 16,631
120..................................................... 18,015
121..................................................... 19,517
122..................................................... 21,140
123..................................................... 22,903
124..................................................... 24,811
125..................................................... 26,874
126..................................................... 29,114
127..................................................... 31,540
128..................................................... 34,166
129..................................................... 37,012
130..................................................... 40,096
131..................................................... 43,435
132..................................................... 47,051
133..................................................... 50,970
134..................................................... 55,036
135..................................................... 59,100
136..................................................... 63,168
137..................................................... 67,230
138..................................................... 71,297
139..................................................... 75,361
140 or more............................................. 79,428
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* * * * *
Sec. Sec. 100.4 and 100.5 [Amended]
0
36. 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.
[[Page 2337]]
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Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 100.4(a)......................... $2,493 $2,648
Sec. 100.4(b)......................... 4,983 5,293
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text....... 6,232 6,620
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text....... 74,775 79,428
Sec. 100.5(c)......................... 8,101 8,605
Sec. 100.5(d)......................... 342 363
Sec. 100.5(e)......................... 274,175 291,234
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Title 41--Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 50-201--GENERAL REGULATIONS
0
37. 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
38. In Sec. 50-201.3, amend paragraph (e) by removing ``$27'' and
adding in its place ``$29''.
Signed in Washington, DC.
Martin J. Walsh,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
Note: The following Appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
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2021 2022
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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)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MSHA........... Federal Mine Safety Regular Assessment. 30 CFR 100.3(a).... .............. $74,775............ .............. $79,428.
& Health Act of
1977.
MSHA........... Federal Mine Safety Penalty Conversion 30 CFR 100.3(g).... $139 $74,775............ $148 $79,428.
& Health Act of Table.
1977.
MSHA........... Federal Mine Safety Minimum Penalty for 30 CFR 100.4(a).... 2,493 ................... 2,648 ...................
& 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).... 4,983 ................... 5,293 ...................
& 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).... 6,232 $74,775............ 6,620 $79,428.
& 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).... .............. $8,101............. .............. $8,605.
& 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).... .............. $342............... .............. $363.
& Health Act of mandatory safety
1977. standards related
to smoking
standards.
MSHA........... Federal Mine Safety Flagrant violations 30 CFR 100.5(e).... .............. $274,175........... .............. $291,234.
& Health Act of under 110(b)(2) of
1977. the Mine Act.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 209(b): Per 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $31................ .............. $33.
Income Security plan year for
Act. failure to furnish
reports (e.g.,
pension benefit
statements) to
certain former
employees or
maintain employee
records each
employee a
separate violation.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(2)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $2,259............. .............. $2,400.
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.... .............. $1,788............. .............. $1,899.
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.... .............. $1,644............. .............. $1,746.
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure to file
annual report for
Multiple Employer
Welfare
Arrangements
(MEWAs) under
101(g).
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EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(6)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $161 per day, not .............. $171 per day, not
Income Security Per day for each to exceed $1,613 to exceed $1,713
Act. failure to provide per request. per 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.... .............. $143............... .............. $152.
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.... .............. $1,419............. .............. $1,507.
Income Security Per each failure
Act. by an endangered
status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a funding
improvement plan
or meet
benchmarks; or
failure of a
critical status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a
rehabilitation
plan.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $120............... .............. $127.
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.... .............. $120............... .............. $127.
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.... .............. $120............... .............. $127.
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
during non-
compliance period.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... 3,005 ................... 3,192 ...................
Income Security uncorrected de
Act. minimis violation.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... 18,035 ................... 19,157 ...................
Income Security uncorrected
Act. violations that
are not de minimis.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $601,152........... .............. $638,556.
Income Security unintentional
Act. failure maximum
cap.
EBSA........... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(12)-- 29CFR 2575.1-3..... .............. $110............... .............. $117.
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.... .............. $17,416............ .............. $18,500.
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.... .............. $1,190............. .............. $1,264.
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 .............. $13,653............ .............. $14,502.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(3).
OSHA........... Occupational Safety Other-Than-Serious. 29 CFR .............. $13,653............ .............. $14,502.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(4).
OSHA........... Occupational Safety Willful............ 29 CFR 9,753 $136,532........... 10,360 $145,027.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(1).
OSHA........... Occupational Safety Repeated........... 29 CFR .............. $136,532........... .............. $145,027.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(2).
OSHA........... Occupational Safety Posting Requirement 29 CFR .............. $13,653............ .............. $14,502.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(6).
OSHA........... Occupational Safety Failure to Abate... 29 CFR .............. $13,653 per day.... .............. $14,502 per day.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(5).
WHD............ Family and Medical FMLA............... 29 CFR .............. $178............... .............. $189.
Leave Act. 825.300(a)(1).
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WHD............ Fair Labor FLSA............... 29 CFR 578.3(a)(1). .............. $1,162............. .............. $1,234.
Standards Act.
WHD............ Fair Labor FLSA............... 29 CFR 578.3(a)(2). .............. $2,074............. .............. $2,203.
Standards Act.
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $2,074............. .............. $2,203.
Standards Act. 579.1(a)(2)(i).
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $1,162............. .............. $1,234.
Standards Act. 579.1(a)(2)(ii).
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $13,227............ .............. $14,050.
Standards Act. 570.140(b)(1).
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $13,227............ .............. $14,050.
Standards Act. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $60,115............ .............. $63,855.
Standards Act. causes serious 570.140(b)(2).
injury or death.
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $60,115............ .............. $63,855.
Standards Act. causes serious 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
injury or death.
WHD............ Fair Labor Child Labor willful 29 CFR .............. $120,230........... .............. $127,710.
Standards Act. or repeated that 570.140(b)(2); 29
causes serious CFR
injury or death 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)
(penalty amount Doubled.
doubled).
WHD............ Migrant and MSPA............... 29 CFR 500.1(e).... .............. $2,579............. .............. $2,739.
Seasonal
Agricultural
Worker Protection
Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H1B................ 20 CFR .............. $1,951............. .............. $2,072.
Nationality Act. 655.810(b)(1).
WHD............ Immigration & H1B retaliation.... 20 CFR 655.801(b).. .............. $7,939............. .............. $8,433.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H1B willful or 20 CFR .............. $7,939............. .............. $8,433.
Nationality Act. discrimination. 655.810(b)(2).
WHD............ Immigration & H1B willful that 20 CFR .............. $55,570............ .............. $59,028.
Nationality Act. resulted in 655.810(b)(3).
displacement of a
US worker.
WHD............ Immigration & D-1................ 20 CFR 655.620(a).. .............. $9,753............. .............. $10,360.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2)... .............. $27................ .............. $29.
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD............ Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.8(a)...... .............. $27................ .............. $29.
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD............ Walsh-Healey Public Walsh-Healey....... 41 CFR 50-201.3(e). .............. $27................ .............. $29.
Contracts Act.
WHD............ Employee Polygraph EPPA............... 29 CFR 801.42(a)... .............. $21,663............ .............. $23,011.
Protection Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A................ 29 CFR 501.19(c)... .............. $1,787............. .............. $1,898.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(1) .............. $6,012............. .............. $6,386.
Nationality Act. discrimination.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A Safety or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(2) .............. $59,528............ .............. $63,232.
Nationality Act. health resulting
in serious injury
or death.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR 501.19(c)(4) .............. $119,055........... .............. $126,463.
Nationality Act. repeated safety or
health resulting
in serious injury
or death.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A failing to 29 CFR 501.19(d)... .............. $6,012............. .............. $6,386.
Nationality Act. cooperate in an
investigation.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A displacing a US 29 CFR 501.19(e)... .............. $17,859............ .............. $18,970.
Nationality Act. worker.
WHD............ Immigration & H2A improperly 29 CFR 501.19(f)... .............. $17,859............ .............. $18,970.
Nationality Act. rejecting a US
worker.
WHD............ Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(b)... .............. $13,072............ .............. $13,885.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(c)... .............. $13,072............ .............. $13,885.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(d)... .............. $13,072............ .............. $13,885.
Nationality Act.
WHD............ Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(a).. .............. $1,084............. .............. $1,151.
Standards Act.
WHD............ Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(b).. 21 $1,084............. 22 $1,151.
Standards Act.
WHD............ United States- Whistleblower...... 29 CFR .............. $50,000............ .............. $53,111.
Mexico-Canada 810.800(c)(3)(i).
Agreement
Implementation Act.
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OWCP........... Longshore and Failure to file 20 CFR 702.204..... .............. $24,730............ .............. $26,269.
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..... .............. $301............... .............. $320.
Harbor Workers' termination of
Compensation Act. payments.
OWCP........... Longshore and Discrimination 20 CFR 2,473 $12,363............ 2,627 $13,132.
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).. .............. $1,506............. .............. $1,600.
Act. termination of
payments.
OWCP........... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 148 ................... 157 ...................
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 293 ................... 311 ...................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 25-50
employees.
OWCP........... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 441 ................... 468 ...................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 51-100
employees.
OWCP........... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 586 ................... 622 ...................
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 148 ................... 157 ...................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(4).
benefits after
10th day of notice.
OWCP........... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 441 ................... 468 ...................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits for
repeat offenders.
OWCP........... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR .............. $3,011............. .............. $3,198.
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits.
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