3135-AA33 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3135 National Endowment for the Arts NEA NEA Civil Monetary Penalties Adjustment

In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, the NEA has published and finalized an interim final rule adjusting civil monetary penalties imposed by the NEA to incorporate an inflation adjustment. Per statute and our previous rulemakings, the NEA publishes a final rule every year which implements the required penalty adjustments.

]]> Info./Admin./Other Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 45 CFR 1149.9 45 CFR 1158.400 45 CFR 1158, app. A 28 U.S.C. sec. 2461 note 31 U.S.C. sec. 3801-12 31 U.S.C. sec. 1352 Statutory Other 06/01/2016 Interim final rule. Statutory Final 01/15/2018 Final rule 2018 Statutory Final 01/15/2019 Final rule 2019 An interim final rule must be published by June 1, 2016 and the rule must be finalized by July 1, 2016. Subsequent annual adjustments will be made every year, per statute and Office of Management and Budget Memoranda, by January 15 of the subsequent year. No Interim Final Rule 06/15/2017 82 FR 27431 Interim Final Rule Effective 06/15/2017 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 07/17/2017 Final Action 12/12/2017 82 FR 58348 Final Action Effective 12/12/2017 Final Action 01/16/2018 83 FR 2071 Final Action Effective 01/15/2018 Final Action 01/00/2019 No None No No No No Aswathi Zachariah Assistant General Counsel 3135 National Endowment for the Arts NEA 202 682-5007 202 682-5572 zachariaha@arts.gov 400 7th Street SW, Washington DC 20506