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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Adjustment of Civil Penalties</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rulemaking is required annually to amend the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's civil penalty regulations to adjust for inflation the maximum penalty provided for in sections 4071 and 4302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This action is being taken in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Routine and Frequent</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>29 CFR 4071</CFR>
            <CFR>29 CFR 4302</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 2461 (note)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>01/15/2018</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Deadline is January 15 of each year.</DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule (2018)</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/12/2018</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>83 FR 1555</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule (2018) Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/12/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule (2019)</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2019</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Hilary</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Duke</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1212</CODE>
                    <NAME>Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>PBGC</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 229-3839</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>duke.hilary@pbgc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>445 12th Street SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20024</ZIP>
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