Associate Chief Counsel, Division of Enforcement

3038-AE69 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3038 Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Annual Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation--2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is amending rule 143.8, its rule that governs the maximum amount of CMPs, to adjust for inflation. This rule sets forth the maximum, inflation-adjusted dollar amount for CMPs assessable for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Commission rules, regulations and orders there under. The rule, as amended, implements the FCPIAA. Under the FCPIAA, agencies are required to publish final rules by January 15th of every year, unless, during the preceding twelve months, the penalty was increased by an amount greater than the proposed inflation adjustment required under section 4(a) of the FCPIAA.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Independent agency 17 CFR 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 Other 01/15/2019 Final Rule Agencies are required to publish final rules by January 15th of every year, unless, during the preceding twelve months, the civil monetary penalty (CMP) was increased by an amount greater than the proposed inflation adjustment required under section 4(a) Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended (FCPIAA). No Final Rule 01/00/2019 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