Publication Date: April 20, 2017
Posted Date: April 20, 2017
Subject: Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 75 (Thursday, April 20, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 18559-18563] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-08034] ========================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Part 36 RIN 1801-AA16 [Docket ID ED-2016-OGC-0051] Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Final regulations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) issues these final regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation. An initial ``catch-up'' adjustment was required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 2017 annual inflation adjustments to the initial ``catch-up'' adjustments we made on August 1, 2016, through an interim final rule (IFR). DATES: These regulations are effective April 20, 2017. The adjusted CMPs established by these regulations are applicable only to civil penalties assessed after April 20, 2017 whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015. For a description of the CMPs applicable under other circumstances, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levon Schlichter, U.S. Department of Education, Office of the General Counsel, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6E235, Washington, DC 20202-2241. Telephone: (202) 453-6387 or by email: levon.schlichter@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.