49 C.F.R. § 1503.301 Scope and purpose.
Title 49 - Transportation
(a) This subpart provides a mechanism for the regular adjustment for inflation of civil monetary penalties in conformity with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 2461 (note), as amended, in order to maintain the deterrent effect of civil monetary penalties and to promote compliance with the law. This subpart also sets out the current adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties or range of minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties for each statutory civil penalty subject to the TSA's jurisdiction. (b) Each adjustment to the maximum civil monetary penalty or the range of minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties, as applicable, made in accordance with this subpart applies prospectively from the date it becomes effective to actions initiated under this part, notwithstanding references to a specific maximum civil monetary penalty or range of minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties contained elsewhere in this part.
Title 49: Transportation
PART 1503—INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
Subpart H—Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
§ 1503.301 Scope and purpose.
