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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to EBSA

Title 29

Labor

Chapter XXV

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor

Part 2575

Adjustment of Civil Penalties Under ERISA Title I

Subpart A

Adjustment of Civil Penalties Under ERISA Title I

• Section Number: 2575.100
• Section Name: In general.

  
    Section 3720E of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (the 
Act, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-373) amended the Federal Civil 
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (the 1990 Act, Pub. L. 101-
410, 104 Stat. 890) to require generally that the head of each federal 
agency adjust the civil monetary penalties subject to its jurisdiction 
for inflation within 180 days after enactment of the Act and at lease 
once every four years thereafter.