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L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/28/2461" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">28 U.S.C. 2461 note</a>); <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/104/public/134" class="publ external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pub. L. 104-134</a>, 110 Stat. 1321 (<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3701" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">31 U.S.C. 3701 note</a>); Sec. 701 of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/74" class="publ external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pub. L. 114-74</a>, 129 Stat. 599 (<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/28/1" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">28 U.S.C. 1 note</a>; <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/28/2461" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">28 U.S.C. 2461 note</a>). </p></div> <div class="source"><h4 class="inline-header">Source:</h4><p class="inline-paragraph"><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/citation/88-FR-89301" class="fr-reference" data-reference="88 FR 89301">88 FR 89301</a>, Dec. 27, 2023, unless otherwise noted. </p></div> <div class="section" id="6.1"> <h4 data-hierarchy-metadata='{"path":"/current/title-15/section-6.1","citation":"15 CFR 6.1"}'>§ 6.1 Definitions.</h4> <div id="p-6.1(a)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.1(a)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>a<span class="paren">)</span></span> The <em>Department of Commerce</em> means the United States Department of Commerce.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.1(b)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.1(b)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>b<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">Civil Monetary Penalty</em> means any penalty, fine, or other sanction that:</p> <div id="p-6.1(b)(1)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.1(b)(1)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>1<span class="paren">)</span></span> Is for a specific monetary amount as provided by Federal law, or has a maximum amount provided for by Federal law; and</p> </div> <div id="p-6.1(b)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.1(b)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> Is assessed or enforced by an agency pursuant to Federal law; and</p> </div> <div id="p-6.1(b)(3)"><p class="indent-2" data-title="6.1(b)(3)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>3<span class="paren">)</span></span> Is assessed or enforced pursuant to an administrative proceeding or a civil action in the Federal courts.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="6.2"> <h4 data-hierarchy-metadata='{"path":"/current/title-15/section-6.2","citation":"15 CFR 6.2"}'>§ 6.2 Purpose and scope.</h4> <p>The purpose of this part is to make adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-410; <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/28/2461" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">28 U.S.C. 2461</a>), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/104/public/134" class="publ external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pub. L. 104-134</a>) and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Section 701 of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/114/public/74" class="publ external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pub. L. 114-74</a>), of each civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Commerce (Department of Commerce).</p> </div> <div class="section" id="6.3"> <h4 data-hierarchy-metadata='{"path":"/current/title-15/section-6.3","citation":"15 CFR 6.3"}'>§ 6.3 Adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.</h4> <p>The civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, as set forth in <a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3#p-6.3(a)" class="cfr external">paragraphs (a)</a> through <a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3#p-6.3(f)" class="cfr external">(f)</a> of this section, are hereby adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, from the amounts of such civil monetary penalties that were in effect as of January 15, 2023, to the amounts of such civil monetary penalties, as thus adjusted. The year stated in parenthesis represents the year that the civil monetary penalty was last set by law or adjusted by law (excluding adjustments for inflation).</p> <div id="p-6.3(a)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(a)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>a<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">United States Department of Commerce.</em> (1) <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3802" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1)</a>, Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $13,508 to $13,946.</p> <div id="p-6.3(a)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(a)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3802" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2)</a>, Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (1986), violation, maximum from $13,508 to $13,946.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(a)(3)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(a)(3)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>3<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3729" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(G)</a>, False Claims Act (1986); violation, minimum from $13,508 to $13,946; maximum from $27,018 to $27,894.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(b)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(b)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>b<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">Bureau of Economic Analysis.</em> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/22/3105" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">22 U.S.C. 3105(a)</a>, International Investment and Trade in Services Act (1990); failure to furnish information, minimum from $5,580 to $5,761; maximum from $55,808 to $57,617.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(c)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(c)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>c<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">Bureau of Industry and Security.</em> (1) <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/15/5408" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">15 U.S.C. 5408(b)(1)</a>, Fastener Quality Act (1990), violation, maximum from $55,808 to $57,617.</p> <div id="p-6.3(c)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(c)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/22/6761" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(1)(A)</a>, Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $45,429 to $46,901.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(c)(3)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(c)(3)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>3<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/22/6761" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">22 U.S.C. 6761(a)(l)(B)</a>, Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (1998), violation, maximum from $9,086 to $9,380.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(c)(4)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(c)(4)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>4<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/50/1705" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">50 U.S.C. 1705(b)</a>, International Emergency Economic Powers Act (2007), violation, maximum from $356,579 to $368,136.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(c)(5)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(c)(5)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>5<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/22/8142" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">22 U.S.C. 8142(a)</a>, United States Additional Protocol Implementation Act (2006), violation, maximum from $36,919 to $38,116.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(c)(6)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(c)(6)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>6<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/50/4819" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">50 U.S.C. 4819</a>, Export Controls Act of 2018 (2018), violation, maximum from $353,534 to $364,992</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(d)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(d)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>d<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">Census Bureau.</em> (1) <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/13/304" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">13 U.S.C. 304</a>, Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), each day's delinquency of a violation; total of not to exceed maximum per violation, from $1,643 to $1,696; maximum per violation, from $16,438 to $16,971.</p> <div id="p-6.3(d)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(d)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/13/305" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">13 U.S.C. 305(b)</a>, Collection of Foreign Trade Statistics (2002), violation, maximum from $16,438 to $16,971.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(e)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(e)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>e<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">International Trade Administration.</em> (1) <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/19/81s" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">19 U.S.C. 81s</a>, Foreign Trade Zone (1934), violation, maximum from $3,446 to $3,558.</p> <div id="p-6.3(e)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(e)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/19/1677f" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">19 U.S.C. 1677f(f)(4)</a>, U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement Protective Order (1988), violation, maximum from $247,929 to $255,964.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(f)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>f<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</em> (1) <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/51/60123" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">51 U.S.C. 60123(a)</a>, Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $13,625 to $14,067.</p> <div id="p-6.3(f)(2)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(2)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>2<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/51/60148" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">51 U.S.C. 60148(c)</a>, Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 2010 (2010), violation, maximum from $13,625 to $14,067.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(3)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(3)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>3<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/773f" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 773f(a)</a>, Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (2007), violation, maximum from $285,265 to $294,510.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(4)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(4)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>4<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/783" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 783</a>, Sponge Act (1914), violation, maximum from $2,037 to $2,103.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(5)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>5<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(d)</a>, (e), and (f), Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (1962):</p> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)(i)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(5)(i)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>i<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(a)</a>, maximum from $101,805 to $105,105.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)(ii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(5)(ii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>ii<span class="paren">)</span></span> Subsequent violation of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(a)</a>, maximum from $219,273 to $226,380.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)(iii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(5)(iii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>iii<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(b)</a>, maximum from $3,446 to $3,558.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)(iv)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(5)(iv)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>iv<span class="paren">)</span></span> Subsequent violation of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(b)</a>, maximum from $20,362 to $21,022.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(5)(v)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(5)(v)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>v<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation of <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(c)</a>, maximum from $438,548 to $452,761.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(6)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(6)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>6<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/957" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 957(i)</a>, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-1" id="6.3-footref-1">1</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(7)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(7)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>7<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/959" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 959</a>, Tuna Conventions Act of 1950,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-2" id="6.3-footref-2">2</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(8)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(8)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>8<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/971f" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 971f(a)</a>, Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-3" id="6.3-footref-3">3</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(9)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(9)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>9<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/973f" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 973f(a)</a>, South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (1988), violation, maximum from $619,820 to $639,908.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(10)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(10)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>10<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1174" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1174(b)</a>, Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983 (1983), violation, maximum from $29,505 to $30,461.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(11)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(11)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>11<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1375" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1375(a)(1)</a>, Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (1972), violation, maximum from $34,457 to $35,574.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(12)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(12)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>12<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1385" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1385(e)</a>, Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-4" id="6.3-footref-4">4</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(13)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(13)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>13<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1437" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1437(d)(1)</a>, National Marine Sanctuaries Act (1992), violation, maximum from $210,161 to $216,972.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(14)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(14)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>14<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1540" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1540(a)(1)</a>, Endangered Species Act of 1973:</p> <div id="p-6.3(f)(14)(i)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(14)(i)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>i<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $61,982 to $63,991.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(14)(ii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(14)(ii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>ii<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation as specified (1988), maximum from $29,751 to $30,715.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(14)(iii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(14)(iii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>iii<span class="paren">)</span></span> Otherwise violation (1978), maximum from $2,037 to $2,103.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(15)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(15)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>15<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1858" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1858(a)</a>, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (1990), violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(16)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(16)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>16<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/2437" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 2437(a)</a>, Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-5" id="6.3-footref-5">5</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(17)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(17)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>17<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/2465" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 2465(a)</a>, Antarctic Protection Act of 1990,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-6" id="6.3-footref-6">6</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(18)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(18)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>18<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/3373" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 3373(a)</a>, Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (1981):</p> <div id="p-6.3(f)(18)(i)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(18)(i)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>i<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/3373" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(1)</a>, violation, maximum from $31,908 to $32,942.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(18)(ii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(18)(ii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>ii<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/3373" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 3373(a)(2)</a>, violation, maximum from $797 to $823.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(19)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(19)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>19<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/3606" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 3606(b)(1)</a>, Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-7" id="6.3-footref-7">7</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(20)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(20)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>20<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/3637" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 3637(b)</a>, Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-8" id="6.3-footref-8">8</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(21)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(21)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>21<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/4016" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 4016(b)(1)(B)</a>, Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (1986); violation, minimum from $1,350 to $1,394; maximum from $13,508 to $13,946.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(22)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(22)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>22<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/5010" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 5010</a>, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-9" id="6.3-footref-9">9</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(23)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(23)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>23<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/5103" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 5103(b)(2)</a>, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-10" id="6.3-footref-10">10</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(24)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(24)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>24<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/5154" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 5154(c)(1)</a>, Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-11" id="6.3-footref-11">11</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(25)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(25)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>25<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/5507" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 5507(a)</a>, High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 (1995), violation, maximum from $193,890 to $200,174.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(26)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(26)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>26<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/5606" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 5606(b)</a>, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-12" id="6.3-footref-12">12</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(27)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(27)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>27<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/6905" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 6905(c)</a>, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-13" id="6.3-footref-13">13</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(28)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(28)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>28<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/7009" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 7009(c)</a> and <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/7009" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(d)</a>, Pacific Whiting Act of 2006,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-14" id="6.3-footref-14">14</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(29)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(29)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>29<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/22/1978" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">22 U.S.C. 1978(e)</a>, Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (1971):</p> <div id="p-6.3(f)(29)(i)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(29)(i)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>i<span class="paren">)</span></span> Violation, maximum from $34,457 to $35,574.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(29)(ii)"> <p class="indent-3" data-title="6.3(f)(29)(ii)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>ii<span class="paren">)</span></span> Subsequent violation, maximum from $101,805 to $105,105.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(30)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(30)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>30<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/30/1462" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">30 U.S.C. 1462(a)</a>, Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (1980), violation, maximum, from $87,855 to $90,702.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(31)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(31)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>31<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/9152" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">42 U.S.C. 9152(c)</a>, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 (1980), violation, maximum from $87,855 to $90,702.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(32)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(32)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>32<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1827a" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1827a</a>, Billfish Conservation Act of 2012,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-15" id="6.3-footref-15">15</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(33)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(33)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>33<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/7407" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 7407(b)</a>, Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-16" id="6.3-footref-16">16</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(34)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(34)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>34<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1826g" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1826g(f)</a>, High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-17" id="6.3-footref-17">17</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(35)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(35)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>35<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/7705" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 7705</a>, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-18" id="6.3-footref-18">18</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(36)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(36)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>36<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/7805" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 7805</a>, Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-19" id="6.3-footref-19">19</a>] </sup> violation, maximum from $223,229 to $230,464.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(f)(37)"> <p class="indent-2" data-title="6.3(f)(37)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>37<span class="paren">)</span></span> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1857" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1857 note</a>, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023,<sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footnote-20" id="6.3-footref-20">20</a>] </sup> (newly reported penalty), violation, maximum $230,464.</p> </div> </div> <div id="p-6.3(g)"> <p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(g)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>g<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">National Technical Information Service.</em> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/1306c" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">42 U.S.C. 1306c(c)</a>, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (2013), violation, minimum from $1,158 to $1,196; maximum total penalty on any person for any calendar year, excluding willful or intentional violations, from $289,504 to $298,887.</p> </div> <div id="p-6.3(h)"><p class="indent-1" data-title="6.3(h)"><span class="paragraph-hierarchy"><span class="paren">(</span>h<span class="paren">)</span></span> <em class="paragraph-heading">Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.</em> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/15/113" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">15 U.S.C. 113</a>, Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2018, violation, maximum from $5,000 to $5,162.</p></div> <div class="box box-published no-footer footnotes"> <div class="seal-block seal-block-header"><div class="seal-content"><h6> Footnotes - 6.3</h6></div></div> <div class="content-block"> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-1"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-1">1</a>]</sup> This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maximum civil monetary penalty, as prescribed by law, is the maximum civil monetary penalty per <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1858" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1858(a)</a>, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act civil monetary penalty (<a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3#p-6.3(f)(15)" class="cfr external">paragraph (f)(15)</a> of this section).</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-2"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-2">2</a>]</sup> See footnote 1.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-3"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-3">3</a>]</sup> See footnote 1.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-4"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-4">4</a>]</sup> See footnote 1.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-5"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-5">5</a>]</sup> See footnote 1.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-6"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-6">6</a>]</sup> See footnote 1.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-7"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-7">7</a>]</sup> This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maximum civil monetary penalty, as prescribed by law, is the maximum civil monetary penalty per <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/16/1858" class="usc external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">16 U.S.C. 1858(a)</a>, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act civil monetary penalty (<a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3#p-6.3(f)(15)" class="cfr external">paragraph (f)(15)</a> of this section).</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-8"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-8">8</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-9"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-9">9</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-10"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-10">10</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-11"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-11">11</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-12"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-12">12</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-13"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-13">13</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-14"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-14">14</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-15"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-15">15</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-16"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-16">16</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-17"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-17">17</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-18"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-18">18</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-19"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-19">19</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> <div class="footnote" id="6.3-footnote-20"><p><sup>[<a class="footnote-reference" href="#6.3-footref-20">20</a>]</sup> See footnote 7.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="6.4"> <h4 data-hierarchy-metadata='{"path":"/current/title-15/section-6.4","citation":"15 CFR 6.4"}'>§ 6.4 Effective date of adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.</h4> <p>The Department of Commerce's 2024 adjustments for inflation made by <a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3" class="cfr external">§ 6.3</a>, of the civil monetary penalties there specified, are effective on January 15, 2024, and said civil monetary penalties, as thus adjusted by the adjustments for inflation made by <a href="/current/title-15/section-6.3" class="cfr external">§ 6.3</a>, apply only to those civil monetary penalties, including those whose associated violation predated such adjustment, which are assessed by the Department of Commerce after the effective date of the new civil monetary penalty level, and before the effective date of any future adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties thereto made subsequent to January 15, 2024 as provided in <a href="/current/title-15/section-6.5" class="cfr external">§ 6.5</a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="6.5"> <h4 data-hierarchy-metadata='{"path":"/current/title-15/section-6.5","citation":"15 CFR 6.5"}'>§ 6.5 Subsequent annual adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties.</h4> <p>The Secretary of Commerce or his or her designee by regulation shall make subsequent adjustments for inflation to the Department of Commerce's civil monetary penalties annually, which shall take effect not later than January 15, notwithstanding <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/5/553" class="usc 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