3209-AA45 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 3209 Office of Government Ethics OGE 2019 Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Ethics in Government Act Violations

The Office of Government Ethics will again coordinate with the Department of Justice in separate rulemakings to make appropriate inflation adjustments to Ethics in Government Act civil monetary penalties, found in 5 CFR part 2634 and 2636, mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.  The annual adjustments are based on the percent change between the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPIU) for the month of October preceding the date of the adjustment, and the prior year's October CPIU.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No Not subject to, not significant 5 CFR 2634 5 CFR 2636 5 U.S.C. app. Ethics in Government Act of 1978 28 U.S.C. 2461 note Pub. L. 101-410 Pub. L. 104-134, sec. 31001 E.O. 12674 E.O. 12731 ... No Final Rule Inflation Adjustments to Ethics Act Civil Monetary Penalties 01/00/2019 No Federal No No No 3209-AA38 Related to Christopher Swartz Acting Chief, Ethics Law and Policy Branch 3209 Office of Government Ethics OGE 202 482-9267 cjswartz@oge.gov Suite 750, 250 E Street, SW, Washington DC 20024