⚖️Updates on Postal Service Civil Penalties Effective January 2025
Inspection Service Authority; Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
Summary
This document updates postal regulations by implementing inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties that may be imposed under consumer protection and mailability provisions enforced by the Postal Service pursuant to the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act and the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, as well as the civil monetary penalty that may be imposed by the Postal Service for false claims and statements under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act. These adjustments are required under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. This document includes the adjustments for 2025 for the statutory civil monetary penalties subject to the 2015 Act and all necessary updates authorized by the 2015 Act for regulatory civil monetary penalties.
Agencies
- Postal Service
Business Impact
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The content pertains to updated civil monetary penalties, which are critical for compliance and regulatory requirements for businesses dealing with postal regulations. Failure to adhere to these changes could result in significant financial penalties for violations, thus impacting operational costs.