[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 1825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00149]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RIN 3145-AA58
Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary
Penalties
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for
civil monetary penalties for 2020.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is
providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties,
effective January 15, 2020. These adjustments are required by the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
2015 (the 2015 Act).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation,
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703-292-5055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016 (81 FR 41451), NSF
published an interim final rule amending its regulations to adjust, for
inflation, the maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for
violations of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as amended,
16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of
1986 (PFCRA), 31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments are required by
the 2015 Act. The 2015 Act also requires agencies to make subsequent
annual adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to OMB guidance dated
December 16, 2019, the cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2020 is
1.01764. Accordingly, the 2020 annual inflation adjustments for the
maximum penalties under the ACA are $17,583 ($17,278 x 1.01764) for
violations and $29,755 ($29,239 x 1.01764) for knowing violations of
the ACA. Finally, the 2020 annual inflation adjustment for the maximum
penalty for violations under PFCRA is $11,665 ($11,463 x 1.01764).
Dated: January 6, 2020.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2020-00149 Filed 1-10-20; 8:45 am]
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