As used in this part:

(a) Inflation Adjustment Act means the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-410, October 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note).

(b) Improvement Act means the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134, April 26, 1996).

(c) Amended Section Four means section 4 of the Inflation Adjustment Act, as amended by the Improvement Act.

(d) Section Five means section 5 of the Inflation Adjustment Act.

(e) Department means the Department of Commerce.

(f) Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Commerce.

(g) First Adjustments means the inflation adjustments made by § 6.4 of this part which, as provided in § 6.5 of this part, are effective on October 23, 1996.

The purpose of this part is to make the inflation adjustment, described in Section Five and required by Amended Section Four, of each minimum and maximum civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department.

Each of the First Adjustments may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the respective penalty being adjusted.

The civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the respective agencies or bureaus of the Department, as set forth below in this section, are hereby adjusted in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures prescribed in Section Five, from the amounts of such penalties in effect prior to November 1, 2000, to the amounts of such penalties, as thus adjusted.

(a) Bureau of Export Administration.

(1) 15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1), Fastener Quality Act, violation: from $25,000 to $27,500.

(2) 50 U.S.C. 1705(b), International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as invoked by E.O. 12924 (August 19, 1994) and E.O. 12938 (November 14, 1994), Export Administration Regulations violation: from $11,000 to $12,000.

(3) 50 U.S.C. 1707(b), International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as invoked by E.O. 12924 (August 19, 1994) and E.O. 12938 (November 14, 1994), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (See E.O. 13128, June 25, 1999), Chemical Weapons Convention, Import restriction violation: from $11,000 to $11,000.

(4) 22 U.S.C. 7661(a)(1)(A), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, Prohibited acts relating to inspection violation: from $25,000 to $25,500.

(5) 22 U.S.C. 7661(a)(1)(B), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, Record keeping violation: from $5,000 to $5,100.

(6) 50 U.S.C. app. 2410(c), Export Administration Act, See E.O. 12851(June 11, 1993), Non-national security violation: from $11,000 to $12,000.

(7) 50 U.S.C. app. 2410(c), Export Administration Act, See E.O. 12851 (June 11, 1993), and Section 38 Arms Export Control Act, National security violation: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(b) Economic Development Administration.

(1) 19 U.S.C. 2349, Trade Act of 1974, False statement, etc.: from $5,500 to $6,000.

(2) [Reserved]

(c) Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA)/Census.

(1) 13 U.S.C. 304, Delinquency on delayed filing of export documentation: from $110 per/day (up to $1,100) to $120 per/day (up to $1,200).

(2) 13 U.S.C. 305, Collection of foreign trade statistics violation: from $1,100 to $1,200.

(d) ESA/Bureau of Economic Analysis.

(1) 22 U.S.C. 3105(a), International Investment and Trade in Services Act, Failure to furnish information: from a minimum of $2,750 to $3,000, and from a maximum of $27,500 to $30,000.

(2) [Reserved]

(e) Import Administration.

(1) 19 U.S.C. 81s, Foreign Trade Zone violation: from $1,100 to $1,200.

(2) 19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4), North American Free Trade Agreement Protective Order violation: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(f) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(1) 15 U.S.C. 5623(a)(3), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, violation: from $10,900 to $11,900.

(2) 15 U.S.C. 5658(c), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, violation: from $10,900 to $11,900.

(3) 16 U.S.C. 773f(3), Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, violation: from $27,500 to $30,000.

(4) 16 U.S.C. 783, Sponge Act (1914), violation: from $550 to $600.

(5) 16 U.S.C. 957, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (1962):

(i) Violation/subsection c: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(ii) Violation/subsection a: from $27,500 to $30,000.

(iii) Violation/subsection b: from $1,100 to $1,200.

(iv) Subsequent violation/subsection a: from $55,000 to $60,000

(v) Subsequent violation/subsection b: from $5,500 to $6,000

(6) 16 U.S.C. 971e(e)(1), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (1995), violation: from $100,000 to $109,000.

(7) 16 U.S.C. 972f(b), Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984:

(i) Violation/subsections (a)(1)-(3): from $27,500 to $30,000.

(ii) Violation/subsections (a)(4)-(5): from $5,500 to $6,000.

(iii) Subsequent violation/subsections (a)(1)-(3): from $55,000 to $60,000.

(iv) Subsequent violation/subsections (a)(4)-(5): from $5,500 to $6,000.

(v) Violation/subsection (a)(6): from $110,000 to $120,000.

(8) 16 U.S.C. 973f(a), South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, violation: from $275,000 to $300,000.

(9) 16 U.S.C. 1174(b), Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983, violation: from $10,000 to $11,000.

(10) 16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1), Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, violation: from $11,000 to $12,000.

(11) 16 U.S.C. 1385(e), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (1990), violation: from $100,000 to $110,000.

(12) 16 U.S.C. 1437(c)(1), National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), violation: from $109,000 to $119,000.

(13) 16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1), Endangered Species Act of 1973:

(i) Knowing violations (1988): from $27,500 to $30,000.

(ii) Otherwise violations (1978): from $550 to $600.

(iii) Other knowing violations (1988): from $13,200 to $14,000.

(14) 16 U.S.C. 1851 Note (Sec. 5)(c)(1), Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (1997), violation: from $110,000 to $114,000.

(15) 16 U.S.C. 1858 (a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), violation: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(16) 16 U.S.C. 2437(a)(1), Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984:

(i) Knowing violation: from $11,000 to $12,000.

(ii) Violation: from $5,500 to $6,000.

(17) 16 U.S.C. 2465(a), Antarctic Protection Act of 1990:

(i) Knowing violation: from $10,000 to $11,000.

(ii) Violation: from $5,000 to $5,500.

(18)16 U.S.C. 3373(a), Lacey Act Amendments of 1981:

(i) Other than marking violation: from $11,000 to $12,000.

(ii) Marking violation: from $275 to $300.

(iii) Sale and purchase violation (1988): from $11,000 to $12,000.

(iv) False labeling violation (1988): from $11,000 to $12,000.

(19) 16 U.S.C. 3606(b), Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982 (1990), violation: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(20) 16 U.S.C. 3637(b), Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (1990), violation: from $110,000 to $120,000.

(21) 16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B) Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986, violation: from $500 (up to $5,000) to $550 (up to $5,500).

(22) 16 U.S.C. 5010(a), North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, violation: from $100,000 to $110,000.

(23) 16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2), Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (1993), violation: from $100,000 to $110,000.

(24) 16 U.S.C. 5507(a), High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995, violation: from $100,000 to $109,000.

(25) 16 U.S.C. 5606(b), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, violation: from $100,000 to $109,000.

(26) 22 U.S.C. 1978(e), Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):

(i) Violation: from $10,000 to $11,000

(ii) Subsequent violation: from $25,000 to $27,500.

(27) 30 U.S.C. 1462(a), Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), violation: from $27,500 to $30,000.

(28) 42 U.S.C. 9152(c)(1), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, violation: from $27,500 to $30,000.

The inflation adjustments made by § 6.4 of this part, of the penalties there specified, are effective on November 1, 2000, and said penalties, as thus adjusted by the inflation adjustments made by § 6.4 of this part, shall apply only to violations occurring after November 1, 2000, and before the effective date of any future inflation adjustment thereto made subsequent to November 1, 2000, as provided in § 6.6 of this part.

The Secretary or his or her designee by regulation shall, at least once every four years after October 23, 1996, make the inflation adjustment, described in Section Five and required by Amended Section Four, of each civil monetary penalty provided by law and within the jurisdiction of the Department.