3038-AE51 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3038 Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is amending Rule143.8, its rule that governs the maximum amount of civil monetary penalties, to adjust for inflation. This rule sets forth the maximum, inflation-adjusted dollar amount for civil monetary penalties (CMPs) assessable for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission rules, regulations and orders thereunder.  The rule, as amended, implements the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of1990, as amended.  Under the amended Act, agencies are required to publish interim final rules by January 15, 2017, unless the amount of the prior year’s inflation adjustment is greater than the proposed inflation adjustment required under Section 4(a) of the Act.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 17 CFR section 143.8 7 U.S.C. 9 and 9a 7 U.S.C. 12a(5) 7 U.S.C. 13(a) 7 U.S.C. 13a-1(d) 7 U.S.C. 15 28 U.S.C. 2461 note 31 U.S.C. 3701 to 3719 Statutory NPRM 01/15/2017 Agencies are required to publish interim final rules by January 15, 2017, unless the amount of the prior year's inflation adjustment is greater than the proposed inflation adjustment required under Section 4(a) Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. No Interim Final Rule 01/00/2017 No No None No No No No Edward Riccobene J. Associate Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement 3038 Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC 202 418-5327 ericcobene@cftc.gov Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington DC 20581