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    <CFRTITLE>15</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Commerce and Foreign Trade</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2004-01-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2004-01-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>6</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>PART 6</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 15" SEQ="1">Commerce and Foreign Trade</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle A" SEQ="0">Office of the Secretary of Commerce</PARENT>
    </ANCESTORS>
  </FDSYS>
  <PART>
    <EAR>Pt. 6</EAR>
    <HD SOURCE="HED">PART 6—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS</HD>
    <CONTENTS>
      <SECHD>Sec.</SECHD>
      <SECTNO>6.1</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Definitions.</SUBJECT>
      <SECTNO>6.2</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Purpose and scope.</SUBJECT>
      <SECTNO>6.3</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Limitation on <E T="03">First Adjustments.</E>
      </SUBJECT>
      <SECTNO>6.4</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Adjustment to penalties.</SUBJECT>
      <SECTNO>6.5</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Effective date of adjustments.</SUBJECT>
      <SECTNO>6.6</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Subsequent adjustments.</SUBJECT>
    </CONTENTS>
    <AUTH>
      <HD SOURCE="HED">Authority:</HD>
      <P>Sec. 4, as amended, and sec. 5, Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.</P>
    </AUTH>
    <SOURCE>
      <HD SOURCE="HED">Source:</HD>
      <P>61 FR 55093, Oct. 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.</P>
    </SOURCE>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.1</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Definitions.</SUBJECT>
      <P>As used in this part:</P>
      <P>(a) <E T="03">Inflation Adjustment Act</E> 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).</P>
      <P>(b) <E T="03">Improvement Act</E> means the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134, April 26, 1996).</P>
      <P>(c) <E T="03">Amended Section Four</E> means section 4 of the <E T="03">Inflation Adjustment Act,</E> as amended by the <E T="03">Improvement Act.</E>
      </P>
      <P>(d) <E T="03">Section Five</E> means section 5 of the <E T="03">Inflation Adjustment Act.</E>
      </P>
      <P>(e) <E T="03">Department</E> means the Department of Commerce.</P>
      <P>(f) <E T="03">Secretary</E> means the Secretary of the Department of Commerce.</P>
      <P>(g) <E T="03">First Adjustments</E> 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.</P>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.2</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Purpose and scope.</SUBJECT>

      <P>The purpose of this part is to make the inflation adjustment, described in <E T="03">Section Five</E> and required by <E T="03">Amended Section Four,</E> of each minimum and maximum civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the <E T="03">Department.</E>
      </P>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.3</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Limitation on First Adjustments.</SUBJECT>
      <P>Each of the <E T="03">First Adjustments</E> may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the respective penalty being adjusted.</P>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.4</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Ajustment to penalties.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) Bureau of Industry and Security. (1) 15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1), Fastener Quality Act violation, from $27,500 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(2) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(A), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act—Inspection Violation, from $25,500 to $25,000.</P>
      <P>(3) 22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(B), Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act—Record Keeping Violation, from $5,100 to $5,000.</P>
      <P>(4) 50 U.S.C. 1705(a), International Emergency Economic Powers Act—Export Administration Regulation Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>

      <P>(5) 50 U.S.C. 1705(a), International Emergency Economic Powers Act—Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, Import Restriction Violation, from $11,000 to $11,000.<PRTPAGE P="56"/>
      </P>
      <P>(6) 50 U.S.C. App. 2410(c), Export Administration Act—Other Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(7) 50 U.S.C. App. 2410(c), Export Administration Act and Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act—National Security Violation, from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(b) Economic Development Administration. (1) 19 U.S.C. 2349, Trade Act of 1974—False Statements or Submissions with Applications for Assistance, from $6,000 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(2) [Reserved]</P>
      <P>(c) Economics and Statistics Administration. (1) 13 U.S.C. 304, Delinquency on Delayed Filing of Export Documentation, from $1,200 to $1,100.</P>
      <P>(2) 13 U.S.C. 305, Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics—Violations, from $1,200 to $1,100.</P>
      <P>(3) 22 U.S.C. 3105(a), International Investment and Trade in Services Act—Failure to Furnish Information, from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(d) International Trade Administration. (1) 19 U.S.C. 81s, Foreign Trade Zone—Violation, from $1,200 to $1,100.</P>
      <P>(2) 19 U.S.C. 1677(f)(4) U.S.-Canada FTA Protective Order—Violation, from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(e) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (1) 15 U.S.C. 5623(a)(3), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, from $11,900 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(2) 15 U.S.C. 5658(c), Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, from $11,900 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(3) 16 U.S.C. 773f(a), Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(4) 16 U.S.C. 783, Sponge Act (1914), from $600 to $550.</P>
      <P>(5) 16 U.S.C. 957, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (1962):</P>
      <P>(i) Violation/Subsection a, from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(ii) Subsequent Violation/Subsection a, from $60,000 to $60,000.</P>
      <P>(iii) Violation/Subsection b, from $1,200 to $1,100.</P>
      <P>(iv) Subsequent Violation/Subsection b, from $6,000 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(v) Violation/Subsection c, from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(6) 16 U.S.C. 971e(e), Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (1995), from $109,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(7) 16 U.S.C. 972f(b), Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984:</P>
      <P>(i) Violation/Subsections (a)(1)-(3), from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(ii) Subsequent Violation/Subsections (a)(1)-(3), from $60,000 to $60,000</P>
      <P>(iii) Violation/Subsections (a)(4)-(5), from $6,000 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(iv) Subsequent Violation/Subsections (a)(4)-(5), from $6,000 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(v) Violation/Subsection (a)(6), from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(8) 16 U.S.C. 973f(a), South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, from $300,000 to $300,000.</P>
      <P>(9) 16 U.S.C. 1174(b), Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983, from $11,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(10) 16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1), Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (1981), from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(11) 16 U.S.C. 1385(e), Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (1990), from $110,000 to $110,000.</P>
      <P>(12) 16 U.S.C. 1437(d)(1), National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), from $119,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(13) 16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1), Endangered Species Act of 1973:</P>
      <P>(i) Knowing Violations of Section 1538 (1988), from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(ii) Other Knowing Violations (1988), from $14,000 to $13,200.</P>
      <P>(iii) Otherwise Violations (1978), from $600 to $550.</P>
      <P>(14) 16 U.S.C. 1858(a), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(15) 16 U.S.C. 2437(a)(1), Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984:</P>
      <P>(i) Knowing Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(ii) Violation, from $6,000 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(16) 16 U.S.C. 2465(a), Antarctic Protection Act of 1990:</P>
      <P>(i) Knowing Violation, from $11,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(ii) Violation, from $5,500 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(17) 16 U.S.C. 3373(a), Lacey Act Amendments of 1981:</P>
      <P>(i) Sale and Purchase Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(ii) Marking Violation, from $300 to $275.</P>

      <P>(iii) False Labeling Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.<PRTPAGE P="57"/>
      </P>
      <P>(iv) Other than Marking Violation, from $12,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(18) 16 U.S.C. 3606(b)(1), Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982 (1990), from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(19) 16 U.S.C. 3637(b), Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (1990), from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(20) 16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B), Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986, from $5,500 to $5,500.</P>
      <P>(21) 16 U.S.C. 5010(a)(1), North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, from $110,000 to $110,000.</P>
      <P>(22) 16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2), Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (1993), from $110,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(23) 16 U.S.C. 5154(c)(1), Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (1990), from $120,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(24) 16 U.S.C. 5507(a)(1), High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995, from $109,000 to $110,000.</P>
      <P>(25) 16 U.S.C. 5606(b), Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, from $109,000 to $120,000.</P>
      <P>(26) 22 U.S.C. 1978(e), Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):</P>
      <P>(i) Violation, from $11,000 to $11,000.</P>
      <P>(ii) Subsequent Violation, from $27,500 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(27) 30 U.S.C. 1462(a), Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <P>(28) 42 U.S.C. 9152(c)(1), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, from $30,000 to $27,500.</P>
      <CITA>[68 FR 69002, Dec. 11, 2003]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.5</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Effective date of adjustments.</SUBJECT>
      <P>The adjustments made by Sec. 6.4 of this part, of the penalties there specified, are effective on December 11, 2003, and said penalties, as thus adjusted by the adjustments made by Sec. 6.4 of this part, shall apply only to violations occurring after December 11, 2003, and before the effective date of any future inflation adjustment thereto made subsequent to December 11, 2003 as provided in Sec. 6.6 of this part.</P>
      <CITA>[68 FR 69003, Dec. 11, 2003]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 6.6</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Subsequent adjustments.</SUBJECT>
      <P>The <E T="03">Secretary or his or her designee</E> by regulation shall, at least once every four years after October 23, 1996, make the inflation adjustment, described in <E T="03">Section Five</E> and required by <E T="03">Amended Section Four,</E> of each civil monetary penalty provided by law and within the jurisdiction of the <E T="03">Department.</E>
      </P>
    </SECTION>
  </PART>
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