Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies.

Inflation (Finance).

Judgments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

Summary:

Addresses use of civil penalties as an enforcement procedure. Explains adjustment procedures of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, which required Federal agencies to adjust their covered penalties for inflation by Oct. 1996, examine their covered penalties at least once every four years thereafter, and make any required penalty adjustments. Discusses GAO findings and recommendations, effects that the Act has had on certain civil penalty maximums, recent agency efforts to adjust civil penalties, and legislative options for Congress

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

Publisher Number:

CRS-2008-GVF-0099

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