Rule2022-00592
Rules of Practice for Hearings
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Published
January 14, 2022
Effective
January 14, 2022
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Federal Reserve System
Abstract
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") is issuing a final rule amending its rules of practice and procedure to adjust the amount of each civil money penalty ("CMP") provided by law within its jurisdiction to account for inflation as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2312-2314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00592]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Part 263
[Docket No. R-1759]
RIN 7100-AG22
Rules of Practice for Hearings
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the
``Board'') is issuing a final rule amending its rules of practice and
procedure to adjust the amount of each civil money penalty (``CMP'')
provided by law within its jurisdiction to account for inflation as
required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015.
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas O. Kelly, Senior Counsel (202-
974-7059), Legal Division, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20551. You
may also contact us at <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ContactUs/feedback.aspx">https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ContactUs/feedback.aspx</a>, choose Staff Group: Regulations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28
U.S.C. 2461 note (``FCPIA Act''), requires federal agencies to adjust,
by regulation, the CMPs within their jurisdiction to account for
inflation. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 (the ``2015 Act'') \1\ amended the FCPIA Act
to require federal agencies to make annual adjustments not later than
January 15 of every year.\2\ The Board is now issuing a new final rule
to set the CMP levels pursuant to the required annual adjustment for
2022. The Board will apply these adjusted maximum penalty levels to any
penalties assessed on or after January 14, 2022, whose associated
violations occurred on or after November 2, 2015. Penalties assessed
for violations occurring prior to November 2, 2015 will be subject to
the amounts set in the Board's 2012 adjustment pursuant to the FCPIA
Act.\3\
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\1\ Public Law 114-74, 129 Stat. 599 (2015) (codified at 28
U.S.C. 2461 note).
\2\ 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, section 4(b)(1).
\3\ 77 FR 68680 (Nov. 16, 2012).
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Under the 2015 Act, the annual adjustment to be made for 2022 is
the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for the month of
October 2021 exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the month of October
2020. On December 15, 2021, as directed by the 2015 Act, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance to affected agencies on
implementing the required annual adjustment which included the relevant
inflation multiplier.\4\ Using OMB's multiplier, the Board calculated
the adjusted penalties for its CMPs, rounding the penalties to the
nearest dollar.\5\
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\4\ OMB Memorandum 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).
\5\ Under the 2015 Act and implementing OMB guidance, agencies
are not required to make an adjustment to a CMP if, during the 12
months preceding the required adjustment, such penalty increased due
to a law other than the 2015 Act by an amount greater than the
amount of the required adjustment. No other laws have adjusted the
CMPs within the Board's jurisdiction during the preceding 12 months.
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Administrative Procedure Act
The 2015 Act states that agencies shall make the annual adjustment
``notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, United States Code.''
Therefore, this rule is not subject to the provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act (the ``APA''), 5 U.S.C. 553, requiring
notice, public participation, and deferred effective date.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., requires a
regulatory flexibility analysis only for rules for which an agency is
required to publish
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a general notice of proposed rulemaking. Because the 2015 Act states
that agencies' annual adjustments are to be made notwithstanding
section 553 of title 5 of United States Code--the APA section requiring
notice of proposed rulemaking--the Board is not publishing a notice of
proposed rulemaking. Therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility Act does not
apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act
There is no collection of information required by this final rule
that would be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.
List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 263
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Crime, Equal access
to justice, Lawyers, Penalties.
Authority and Issuance
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Board amends 12 CFR
part 263 as follows:
PART 263--RULES OF PRACTICE FOR HEARINGS
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1. The authority citation for part 263 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 554-557; 12 U.S.C. 248, 324, 334,
347a, 504, 505, 1464, 1467, 1467a, 1817(j), 1818, 1820(k), 1829,
1831o, 1831p-1, 1832(c), 1847(b), 1847(d), 1884, 1972(2)(F), 3105,
3108, 3110, 3349, 3907, 3909(d), 4717; 15 U.S.C. 21, 78l(i), 78o-4,
78o-5, 78u-2; 1639e(k); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 5321; and 42
U.S.C. 4012a.
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2. Section 263.65 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 263.65 Civil money penalty inflation adjustments.
(a) Inflation adjustments. In accordance with the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which
further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990, the Board has set forth in paragraph (b) of this section the
adjusted maximum amounts for each civil money penalty provided by law
within the Board's jurisdiction. The authorizing statutes contain the
complete provisions under which the Board may seek a civil money
penalty. The adjusted civil money penalties apply only to penalties
assessed on or after January 14, 2022, whose associated violations
occurred on or after November 2, 2015.
(b) Maximum civil money penalties. The maximum (or, in the cases of
12 U.S.C. 334 and 1832(c), fixed) civil money penalties as set forth in
the referenced statutory sections are set forth in the table in this
paragraph (b).
Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
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Adjusted civil
Statute money penalty
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12 U.S.C. 324:
Inadvertently late or misleading reports, inter alia $4,404
Other late or misleading reports, inter alia........ 44,043
Knowingly or reckless false or misleading reports, 2,202,123
inter alia.........................................
12 U.S.C. 334........................................... 320
12 U.S.C. 374a.......................................... 320
12 U.S.C. 504:
First Tier.......................................... 11,011
Second Tier......................................... 55,052
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 505:
First Tier.......................................... 11,011
Second Tier......................................... 55,052
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1464(v)(4).................................... 4,404
12 U.S.C. 1464(v)(5).................................... 44,043
12 U.S.C. 1464(v)(6).................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1467a(i)(2)................................... 55,052
12 U.S.C. 1467a(i)(3)................................... 55,052
12 U.S.C. 1467a(r):
First Tier.......................................... 4,404
Second Tier......................................... 44,043
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(16):
First Tier.......................................... 11,011
Second Tier......................................... 55,052
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1818(i)(2):
First Tier.......................................... 11,011
Second Tier......................................... 55,052
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1820(k)(6)(A)(ii)............................. 362,217
12 U.S.C. 1832(c)....................................... 3,198
12 U.S.C. 1847(b)....................................... 55,052
12 U.S.C. 1847(d):
First Tier.......................................... 4,404
Second Tier......................................... 44,043
Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 1884.......................................... 320
12 U.S.C. 1972(2)(F):
First Tier.......................................... 11,011
Second Tier......................................... 55,052
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Third Tier.......................................... 2,202,123
12 U.S.C. 3110(a)....................................... 50,326
12 U.S.C. 3110(c):
First Tier.......................................... 4,027
Second Tier......................................... 40,259
Third Tier.......................................... 2,013,008
12 U.S.C. 3909(d)....................................... 2,739
15 U.S.C. 78u-2(b)(1):
For a natural person................................ 10,360
For any other person................................ 103,591
15 U.S.C. 78u-2(b)(2):
For a natural person................................ 103,591
For any other person................................ 517,955
15 U.S.C. 78u-2(b)(3):
For a natural person................................ 207,183
For any other person................................ 1,035,909
15 U.S.C. 1639e(k)(1)................................... 12,647
15 U.S.C. 1639e(k)(2)................................... 25,293
42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(5)................................... 2,392
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By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, acting through the Secretary of the Board under delegated
authority.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-00592 Filed 1-13-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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