1601-AB11 202404 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1601 Office of the Secretary OS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

In this final rule, DHS adjusts for inflation its civil monetary penalties for 2024, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the Act) and Executive Office of the President (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.  DHS is also accounting for additional civil monetary penalties that the U.S. Coast Guard is statutorily authorized to collect. The new penalties will be effective for penalties assessed after this final rule's publication in the Federal Register whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 6 CFR 27 8 CFR 270 8 CFR 247a 8 CFR 280 19 CFR 4 33 CFR 27 49 CFR 1503 Pub. L. 114-74, sec. 701 129 Stat. 584, 599 Statutory Final 01/15/2024 Pursuant to the 2015 Act, all agencies must adjust civil monetary penalties annually and publish the adjustment in the Federal Register no later than January 15th. No Final Rule 07/00/2024 No None No No No No Hillary Hunnings Attorney-Advisor 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS 202 878-9252 hillary.hunnings@hq.dhs.gov Office of the General Counsel, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Mail Stop 0485, Washington DC 20528-0485