9000-AN37 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); FAR Case 2017-004, Liquidated Damages Rate Adjustment

DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to adjust the civil monetary penalties for inflation pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act.  This Act requires agencies to adjust the levels of civil monetary penalties with an initial catch-up adjustment, followed by the annual adjustment for inflation.

This rule implements the Department of Labor (DOL) interim final rule published in the Federal Register at 81 FR 43430 on July 1, 2016, finalized at 82 FR 5373 on January 18, 2017. The DOL rule adjusted the civil monetary penalties for inflation pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Sec. 701 of Pub. L. 114-74).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 48 CFR 22 48 CFR 52 40 U.S.C. 121(c) 10 U.S.C. ch. 137 51 U.S.C. 20113 No Interim Final Rule 06/00/2018 Yes Businesses Federal No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No Zenaida Delgado Procurement Analyst 9000 DOD/GSA/NASA (FAR) FAR 202 969-7207 zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov 1800 F Street, NW, Washington DC 20405