Compliance, Regulatory Changes 15 Jan 2025 compliance, inflation adjustment, penalties, credit unions, national credit union administration

📈2025 Update

The NCUA Board (Board) is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum amount of each civil monetary penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction to account for inflation. This action, including the amount of the adjustments, is required under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

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Compliance, Financial Impact 15 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, administrative practice and procedure, civil monetary penalties, inflation adjustment, penalties, department of defense

💼DoD Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

The DoD is issuing this final rule to adjust each of its statutory civil monetary penalties (CMP) to account for inflation. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), requires the head of each agency to adjust for inflation its CMP levels in effect as of November 2, 2015, under a revised methodology that was effective for 2016 and for each year thereafter.

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Compliance, Financial Impact 14 Jan 2025 compliance, government contracts, federal regulations, grant programs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, civil monetary penalties, inflation adjustment, penalties, claims, fraud, loan programs, americorps, organization and functions (government agencies), lobbying

💼2025 Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties by AmeriCorps

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which operates as AmeriCorps, is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.

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Compliance, Financial Implications 14 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, administrative practice and procedure, civil monetary penalties, inflation adjustment, penalties, claims, federal maritime commission, maritime business

📈Federal Maritime Commission Inflation Adjustment of Penalties 2025

The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Commission, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act). The 2015 Act requires that agencies adjust and publish their new civil penalties by January 15 each year.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 13 Jan 2025 compliance, business regulation, federal reserve, administrative practice and procedure, inflation adjustment, penalties, claims, civil money penalties, lawyers, equal access to justice, crime

💼Federal Reserve Updates Civil Money Penalties for Inflation in 2025

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") is issuing a final rule amending its rules of practice and procedure to adjust the amount of each civil money penalty ("CMP") provided by law within its jurisdiction to account for inflation as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 13 Jan 2025 inflation adjustment, civil monetary penalties, railroad retirement board, compliance

💰2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments Announced

As required by section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby publishes its 2025 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 10 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, veterans affairs, inflation adjustment, civil penalties, lenders

💼2025 Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment for VA Loan Regulations

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations to adjust for inflation the amount of civil monetary penalties that are within VA's jurisdiction. These adjustments comply with the requirement in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, to make annual adjustments to the penalties.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 10 Jan 2025 compliance, inflation adjustment, treasury department, banking regulations, civil money penalties

💰Inflation Adjustments for Civil Money Penalties Effective 2025

This document announces changes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) maximum civil money penalties as adjusted for inflation. The inflation adjustments are required to implement the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

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Compliance, Financial Regulations 8 Jan 2025 compliance, consumer protection, administrative practice and procedure, financial regulations, inflation adjustment, penalties, civil penalties, cfpb

📈CFPB Civil Penalty Adjustments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is adjusting for inflation the maximum amount of each civil penalty within the CFPB's jurisdiction. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The inflation adjustments mandated by the Inflation Adjustment Act serve to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to promote compliance with the law.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 8 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, environmental protection, epa, administrative practice and procedure, inflation adjustment, penalties, civil penalties, environmental law

⚖️EPA Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment Effective January 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this final rule to adjust the level of the maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts under the statutes the EPA administers. This action is mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended through the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ("the 2015 Act"). The 2015 Act prescribes a formula for annually adjusting the statutory maximum and minimum amount of civil monetary penalties to reflect inflation, maintain the deterrent effect of statutory civil monetary penalties, and promote compliance with the law. The rule does not establish specific civil monetary penalty amounts the EPA may seek in particular cases. The EPA calculates those amounts, as appropriate, based on the facts of particular cases and applicable agency penalty policies. The EPA's civil penalty policies, which guide enforcement personnel on how to exercise the EPA's discretion within statutory penalty authorities, take into account a number of fact-specific considerations, e.g., the seriousness of the violation, the violator's good faith efforts to comply, any economic benefit gained by the violator as a result of its noncompliance, and the violator's ability to pay.

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