Notice2022-00506
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
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Published
January 13, 2022
Issuing agencies
Railroad Retirement Board
Abstract
As required by Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby publishes its 2022 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 2187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00506]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.
ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for
civil monetary penalties for 2022.
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SUMMARY: As required by Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby
publishes its 2022 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marguerite P. Dadabo, Assistant
General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, IL 60611-1275, (312) 751-4945, TTD (312) 751-4701.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2015, Public Law 114-74 (Nov. 2, 2015), entitled the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015
Act), amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) (Inflation Adjustment Act) to require
agencies to publish regulations adjusting the amount of civil monetary
penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the agency not
later than January 15th of every year.
For the 2022 annual adjustment for inflation of the maximum civil
penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, the Board
applies the formula provided by the 2015 Act and the Board's
regulations at Title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 356. In
accordance with the 2015 Act, the amount of the adjustment is based on
the percent increase between the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for the
month of October preceding the date of the adjustment and the CPI-U for
the October one year prior to the October immediately preceding the
date of the adjustment. If there is no increase, there is no adjustment
of civil penalties. The percent increase between the CPI-U for October
2021 and October 2020, as provided by Office of Management and Budget
Memorandum M-22-07 (December 15, 2021) is 1.06222 percent. Therefore,
the new maximum penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act is
$12,537 (the 2021 maximum penalty of $11,803 multiplied by 1.06222,
rounded to the nearest dollar). The new minimum penalty under the False
Claims Act is $12,537 (the 2021 minimum penalty of $11,803 multiplied
by 1.06222, rounded to the nearest dollar), and the new maximum penalty
is $25,076 (the 2021 maximum penalty of $23,607 multiplied by 1.06222,
rounded to the nearest dollar). The adjustments in penalties will be
effective January 13, 2022.
Dated: January 7, 2022.
By Authority of the Board
Stephanie Hillyard,
Secretary to the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-00506 Filed 1-12-22; 8:45 am]
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