# Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation
> **US Department of Commerce** · Final rule. · Published 2021-01-11 · Effective 2021-01-15 · 86 FR 1764
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-29024
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 1764
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 6
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-11
- **Effective date:** 2021-01-15
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 201209-0333
## Abstract

This final rule is being issued to adjust for inflation each civil monetary penalty (CMP) provided by law within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Commerce (Department of Commerce). The Department of Commerce's 2021 adjustments for inflation to CMPs apply only to CMPs with a dollar amount, and will not apply to CMPs written as functions of violations. The Department of Commerce's 2021 adjustments for inflation to CMPs apply only to those CMPs, including those whose associated violation predated such adjustment, which are assessed by the Department of Commerce after the effective date of the new CMP level.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/11/2020-29024/civil-monetary-penalty-adjustments-for-inflation)
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