Notice2026-19600
Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2026
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Published
September 24, 2026
Issuing agencies
Housing and Urban Development Department
Abstract
This notice informs the public that inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) are not being made for 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60637-60638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19600]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-6513-N-02]
Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2026
AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that inflation adjustments of
civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015
Act) are not being made for 2026.
DATES: September 24, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Knittle, Principal Deputy
General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024;
telephone number 202-402-2244 (this is not a toll-free number). HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive calls from individuals who are deaf
or hard of hearing, as well as from individuals with speech or
communication disabilities. To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs">https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) (Pub. L. 114-74, Sec. 701), which further
amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990
(Pub. L. 101-410), requires agencies to make annual adjustments to
civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts for inflation. The annual
adjustment is based on the percent change between the U.S. Department
of Labor's Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (``CPI-U'') for
the month of October preceding the date of the adjustment, and the CPI-
U for October of the prior year (28 U.S.C. 2461 note, section
(5)(b)(1)). Pursuant to the 2015 Act, adjustments are rounded to the
nearest dollar.\1\
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\1\ 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.
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II. This Notice
On April 17, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget informed the
heads of executive departments and agencies that ``Due to the
government shutdown, [the Bureau of Labor Statistics] was unable to
produce the October 2025 data. Based on the lack of October 2025 CPI-U
data, which is needed to make adjustments under the 2015 Act, there
will be no updated cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2026 and
agencies will continue using the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels as
applicable.'' \2\
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\2\ OMB Memorandum M-26-11: Cancellation of Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for 2026, Regarding the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, April 17, 2026,
pp. 1-2.
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As such, this notice informs the public that the statutory annual
inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts are not being
made for 2026 and that all HUD civil money
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penalties are maintained at their 2025 level.
David Woll,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2026-19600 Filed 9-23-26; 8:45 am]
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