# Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for the H-2B Temporary Non-agricultural Worker Program
> **Wage and Hour Division** · Final rule. · Published 2017-03-17 · Effective 2017-03-17 · 82 FR 14147
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-05178
- **Category:** wage-hour
- **Sub-agency:** Wage and Hour Division
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 14147
- **CFR reference:** 29 CFR 503
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-17
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-17
- **DOL docket:** CIS No. 2585-16
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (collectively, "the Departments") are jointly issuing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in connection with the employment of temporary nonimmigrant workers under the H-2B program, 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 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary penalties notwithstanding Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost- of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly, this final rule sets forth the Departments' 2017 annual adjustments for inflation to the H-2B civil monetary penalties, effective March 17, 2017.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/17/2017-05178/department-of-homeland-security-and-department-of-labor-federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment)
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