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Rule2025-00494

Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties To Reflect Inflation

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Published
January 15, 2025
Effective
January 15, 2025

Issuing agencies

Federal Communications Commission

Abstract

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to revise its forfeiture penalty rules to reflect annual adjustments for inflation in order to improve their effectiveness and maintain their deterrent effect. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that the new penalty levels shall apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of the increase, including when the penalties whose associated violation predate the increase.

Indexed from Federal Register on January 15, 2025.

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