# Inflation Catch-Up Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts
> **US Department of Agriculture** · Final rule. · Published 2017-12-05 · Effective 2017-12-05 · 82 FR 57331
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-26194
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Agriculture
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 57331
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 3
- **Publication date:** 2017-12-05
- **Effective date:** 2017-12-05
## Abstract

This final rule amends USDA's civil monetary penalty regulations by making inflation adjustments as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. USDA also removes one obsolete civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulation previously authorized under a statute that is no longer current law.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/05/2017-26194/inflation-catch-up-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts)
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