Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
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The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act is a U.S. law that requires periodic inflation-based increases to a wide range of federal civil monetary penalties to maintain their deterrent effect.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | United States federal statute ⓘ |
| affects |
penalties across multiple federal agencies
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penalties in areas such as environmental law, labor law, and consumer protection ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil penalties established by federal statutes
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civil penalties imposed by federal agencies ⓘ federal civil monetary penalties ⓘ |
| basisOf | annual inflation adjustments to many federal civil penalties ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enforcedBy | federal agencies with civil penalty authority ⓘ |
| goal |
improve compliance with federal laws and regulations
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preserve real value of civil monetary penalties over time ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015
NERFINISHED
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Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increases nominal dollar amounts of civil penalties over time
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prevents erosion of penalty values due to inflation ⓘ |
| implementedBy | federal executive agencies ⓘ |
| legalArea |
administrative law
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federal regulatory enforcement ⓘ |
| purpose |
adjust federal civil penalties for inflation
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maintain deterrent effect of civil penalties ⓘ |
| regulates | maximum levels of certain federal civil penalties ⓘ |
| requires |
agencies to publish adjusted penalty amounts in the Federal Register
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periodic inflation-based increases to civil monetary penalties ⓘ |
| typeOf | inflation adjustment statute ⓘ |
| uses | inflation index to calculate penalty adjustments ⓘ |
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