# Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Rule
- **Published:** December 29, 2025
- **Citation:** 90 FR 60571

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 27
Transportation Security Administration
49 CFR Part 1503
RIN 1601-AB16
Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation

AGENCY:

Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION:

Final rule; technical amendment.

SUMMARY:

On January 2, 2025, DHS adjusted for inflation its civil monetary penalties for 2025, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Executive Office of the President (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The new penalty amounts were effective for penalties assessed after January 2, 2025, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015. DHS is making a technical amendment to the Code of Federal Regulations to make several clerical revisions to the codified 2025 penalty amounts.

DATES:

This technical amendment is effective on December 29, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hillary Hunnings, Attorney-Advisor, 202-878-9252,
hillary.hunnings@hq.dhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Statutory and Regulatory Background

On November 2, 2015, the President signed into law the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-74 section 701 (Nov. 2, 2015)) (2015 Act). The 2015 Act amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) to further improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The 2015 Act required agencies to make annual adjustments for inflation. On January 2, 2025, DHS published a final rule making the 2025 annual inflation adjustments to its civil monetary penalties pursuant to the 2015 Act and pursuant to guidance OMB issued to agencies on December 17, 2024 (January 2025 rule). See 90 FR 1 (Jan. 2, 2025). The penalty amounts were effective for penalties assessed after January 2, 2025,

whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015.

II. Technical Revisions

DHS is making a technical amendment to the Code of Federal Regulations. This technical amendment will make several clerical revisions to the codified 2025 penalty amounts. Specifically, DHS is making clerical revisions in the Coast Guard's and the Transportation Security Administration's codified 2025 penalty amounts.

The preamble of the January 2025 rule described inflation adjustments to all 152 Coast Guard penalties. However, for five of the 152 penalties, the Coast Guard inadvertently failed to make corresponding adjustments to the codified penalty table in 33 CFR 27.3. This rule revises Table 1 in 33 CFR 27.3 to include the correct 2025 inflation-adjusted penalty amounts for the affected penalties, consistent with the amounts set out in the preamble of the January 2025 rule. The Coast Guard is revising only the five penalties in the table below. All other penalty amounts in the table remain unchanged.

Corrected Coast Guard 2025 Penalty Amounts
[Five affected entries]

Citation
Civil monetary penalty description

New penalty
amount as
adjusted by
this final
rule

46 U.S.C. 8701(d)
Merchant Mariners Documents
$1,562

46 U.S.C. 10104(a)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Mandatory Reporting by Responsible Entity of a Vessel
52,962

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, violation of 10104(d)(1)
26,481

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, Daily Noncompliance Penalty
529

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, Civil Penalty Maximum
52,962

In addition, TSA determined that a statutory revision enacted in May 2024 required an update to the January 2025 rule. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1025, 1102 (May 16, 2024)) amended 49 U.S.C. 46301 to raise the statutory maximum civil monetary penalty amounts that TSA may assess for security violations. This rule revises the relevant penalty provisions to incorporate the 2024 statutory amendment to 49 U.S.C. 46301 and the 2025 adjustment for inflation. This rule ensures that the regulatory text accurately reflects TSA's current statutory penalty authority and accordingly the civil monetary penalty amounts as adjusted for inflation.

Corrected TSA 2025 Penalty Amounts
[Two affected entries]

Citation
Civil monetary penalty description
New penalty amount as adjusted by this final rule

49 U.S.C. 46301(a)(1), (4), (5); 49 U.S.C. 46301(d)(8); 49 CFR 1503.401(c)(1)-(2)
Violation of 49 U.S.C. ch. 449 (except secs. 44902, 44903(d), 44907(a)-(d)(1)(A), 44907(d)(1)(C)-(f), 44908, and 44909), or 49 U.S.C. 46302 or 46303, a regulation prescribed, or order issued thereunder by an individual (except an airman serving as an airman), any person not operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation, or a small business concern
$17,062 (up to a total of 100,000 for individuals or small businesses, $1,200,000 for others).

49 U.S.C. 46301(a)(1), (4), (5), (6); 49 U.S.C. 46301(d)(2), (8); 49 CFR 1503.401(c)(3)
Violation of 49 U.S.C. ch. 449 (except secs. 44902, 44903(d), 44907(a)-(d)(1)(A), 44907(d)(1)(C)-(f), 44908, and 44909), or 49 U.S.C. 46302 or 46303, a regulation prescribed, or order issued thereunder by a person operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation
$42,657 (up to a total of $1,200,000 per civil penalty action).

III. Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

DHS is issuing this rule without prior notice and comment because the Department has determined that good cause exists under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). The APA permits an agency to dispense with notice and comment when doing so would be “impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.” 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). This amendment falls within the unnecessary prong because, for both the Coast Guard and TSA revisions, it makes only non-substantive, corrective revisions to the civil monetary penalty adjustments published in the January 2025 rule.
See North Carolina Growers' Ass'n, Inc.
v.
United Farm Workers,
702 F.3d 755, 766-67 (4th Cir. 2012) (describing the unnecessary prong as “when amendments are minor or merely technical and of little public interest” (citation omitted)).

As discussed above, the Coast Guard inadvertently excluded several properly inflation-adjusted penalty amounts from the codified table in 33 CFR 27.3 in the 2025 annual adjustment rule, even though the correct amounts appeared in

the preamble. This technical amendment corrects that clerical oversight. The revision is non-substantive, as it merely brings the regulatory text into alignment with the penalty levels listed in the preamble, which the Coast Guard intended to be operative for 2025.

Also as discussed above, TSA updated the January 2025 rule to account for a statutory amendment enacted in May 2024 that increased certain maximum penalty authorities under 49 U.S.C. 46301. Without this update, the CFR would continue to reflect the outdated maximum amounts rather than those currently authorized by Congress. Accordingly, this rule revises the regulatory text to reflect the updated statutory maximum amounts. This revision is also non-substantive and corrective, as it merely conforms the CFR to statutorily authorized penalty maximums already in effect that the Department lacks discretion to modify.

DHS therefore finds notice and comment unnecessary under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). For the same reasons, DHS also finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this technical amendment effective upon publication.

List of Subjects

33 CFR Part 27
Administrative practice and procedure, Penalties.

49 CFR Part 1503
Administrative practice and procedure, Investigations, Law enforcement, Penalties.

Amendments to the Regulations

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the preamble, DHS is amending 33 CFR part 27, and 49 CFR part 1503 as follows:

Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters

PART 27—ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR INFLATION

1. The authority citation for part 27 continues to read as follows:

Authority:

Secs. 1-6, Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Sec. 31001(s)(1), Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, sec. 2 (106).

2. In § 27.3, revise the third sentence of the introductory text and table 1 to read as follows:

§ 27.3
Penalty adjustment table.
* * * The adjusted civil penalty amounts listed in Table 1 to this section are applicable for penalty assessments issued after December 29, 2025, with respect to violations occurring after November 2, 2015. * * *

Table 1 to § 27.3—Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments

U.S. code citation
Civil monetary penalty description

2025 adjusted
maximum penalty
amount
($)

14 U.S.C. 521(c)
Saving Life and Property
13,295.

14 U.S.C. 521(e)
Saving Life and Property; Intentional Interference with Broadcast
1,365.

14 U.S.C. 936(i)
Confidentiality of Medical Quality Assurance Records (first offense)
6,677.

14 U.S.C. 936(i)
Confidentiality of Medical Quality Assurance Records (subsequent offenses)
44,521.

19 U.S.C. 70
Obstruction of Revenue Officers by Masters of Vessels
9,956.

19 U.S.C. 70
Obstruction of Revenue Officers by Masters of Vessels—Minimum Penalty
2,323.

19 U.S.C. 1581(d)

Failure to Stop Vessel When Directed; Master, Owner, Operator or Person in Charge
1

5,000.

19 U.S.C. 1581(d)

Failure to Stop Vessel When Directed; Master, Owner, Operator or Person in Charge—Minimum Penalty
1

1,000.

33 U.S.C. 471
Anchorage Ground/Harbor Regulations General
14,435.

33 U.S.C. 474
Anchorage Ground/Harbor Regulations St. Mary's River
996.

33 U.S.C. 495(b)
Bridges/Failure to Comply with Regulations
36,439.

33 U.S.C. 499(c)
Bridges/Drawbridges
36,439.

33 U.S.C. 502(c)
Bridges/Failure to Alter Bridge Obstructing Navigation
36,439.

33 U.S.C. 533(b)
Bridges/Maintenance and Operation
36,439.

33 U.S.C. 1208(a)
Bridge to Bridge Communication; Master, Person in Charge or Pilot
2,654.

33 U.S.C. 1208(b)
Bridge to Bridge Communication; Vessel
2,654.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(i)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (Class I per violation)
23,647.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(i)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (Class I total under paragraph)
59,114.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(ii)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (Class II per day of violation)
23,647.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(ii)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (Class II total under paragraph)
295,564.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (per day of violation) Judicial Assessment
59,114.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges (per barrel of oil or unit discharged) Judicial Assessment
2,365.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(B)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Failure to Carry Out Removal/Comply With Order (Judicial Assessment)
59,114.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(C)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Failure to Comply with Regulation Issued Under 1321(j) (Judicial Assessment)
59,114.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges, Gross Negligence (per barrel of oil or unit discharged) Judicial Assessment
7,093.

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D)
Oil/Hazardous Substances: Discharges, Gross Negligence—Minimum Penalty (Judicial Assessment)
236,451.

33 U.S.C. 1322(j)
Marine Sanitation Devices; Operating
9,956.

33 U.S.C. 1322(j)
Marine Sanitation Devices; Sale or Manufacture
26,543.

33 U.S.C. 1608(a)
International Navigation Rules; Operator
18,610.

33 U.S.C. 1608(b)
International Navigation Rules; Vessel
18,610.

33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(1)
Pollution from Ships; General
93,058.

33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(2)
Pollution from Ships; False Statement
18,610.

33 U.S.C. 2072(a)
Inland Navigation Rules; Operator
18,610.

33 U.S.C. 2072(b)
Inland Navigation Rules; Vessel
18,610.

33 U.S.C. 2609(a)
Shore Protection; General
65,653.

33 U.S.C. 2609(b)
Shore Protection; Operating Without Permit
26,262.

33 U.S.C. 2716a(a)
Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation
59,114.

33 U.S.C. 3852(a)(1)(A)
Clean Hulls; Civil Enforcement
54,124.

33 U.S.C. 3852(a)(1)(A)
Clean Hulls; related to false statements
72,164.

33 U.S.C. 3852(c)
Clean Hulls; Recreational Vessels
7,217.

42 U.S.C. 9609(a)
Hazardous Substances, Releases, Liability, Compensation (Class I)
71,545.

42 U.S.C. 9609(b)
Hazardous Substances, Releases, Liability, Compensation (Class II)
71,545.

42 U.S.C. 9609(b)
Hazardous Substances, Releases, Liability, Compensation (Class II subsequent offense)
214,637.

42 U.S.C. 9609(c)
Hazardous Substances, Releases, Liability, Compensation (Judicial Assessment)
71,545.

42 U.S.C. 9609(c)
Hazardous Substances, Releases, Liability, Compensation (Judicial Assessment subsequent offense)
214,637.

46 U.S.C. 80509(a)
Safe Containers for International Cargo
7,820.

46 U.S.C. 70305(c)
Suspension of Passenger Service
78,210.

46 U.S.C. 2110(e)
Vessel Inspection or Examination Fees
11,823.

46 U.S.C. 2115
Alcohol and Dangerous Drug Testing
9,624.

46 U.S.C. 2302(a)
Negligent Operations: Recreational Vessels
8,705.

46 U.S.C. 2302(a)
Negligent Operations: Other Vessels
43,527.

46 U.S.C. 2302(c)(1)
Operating a Vessel While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Dangerous Drug
9,624.

46 U.S.C. 2306(a)(4)
Vessel Reporting Requirements: Owner, Charterer, Managing Operator, or Agent
14,988.

46 U.S.C. 2306(b)(2)
Vessel Reporting Requirements: Master
2,998.

46 U.S.C. 3102(c)(1)
Immersion Suits
14,988.

46 U.S.C. 3106(d)
Master Key Control System
1,059.

46 U.S.C. 3302(i)(5)
Inspection Permit
3,126.

46 U.S.C. 3318(a)
Vessel Inspection; General
14,988.

46 U.S.C. 3318(g)
Vessel Inspection; Nautical School Vessel
14,988.

46 U.S.C. 3318(h)
Vessel Inspection; Failure to Give Notice in accordance with (IAW) 3304(b)
2,998.

46 U.S.C. 3318(i)
Vessel Inspection; Failure to Give Notice IAW 3309(c)
2,998.

46 U.S.C. 3318(j)(1)
Vessel Inspection; Vessel ≥1600 Gross Tons
29,980.

46 U.S.C. 3318(j)(1)
Vessel Inspection; Vessel <1600 Gross Tons (GT)
5,996.

46 U.S.C. 3318(k)
Vessel Inspection; Failure to Comply with 3311(b)
29,980.

46 U.S.C. 3318(l)
Vessel Inspection; Violation of 3318(b)-3318(f)
14,988.

46 U.S.C. 3502(e)
List/count of Passengers
312.

46 U.S.C. 3504(c)
Notification to Passengers
31,252.

46 U.S.C. 3504(c)
Notification to Passengers; Sale of Tickets
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 3506
Copies of Laws on Passenger Vessels; Master
625.

46 U.S.C. 3507(h)(1)(A)
Passenger Vessel Security and Safety; Daily Penalty & Maximum Penalty
26,481 Daily/52,962 Maximum.

46 U.S.C. 3508(d)
Passenger Vessel Security and Safety; Crewmembers Crime Scene Preservation Training; Maximum Penalty
52,962.

46 U.S.C. 3718(a)(1)
Liquid Bulk/Dangerous Cargo
78,134.

46 U.S.C. 4106
Uninspected Vessels
13,132.

46 U.S.C. 4311(b)(1)
Recreational Vessels (maximum for related series of violations)
413,388.

46 U.S.C. 4311(b)(1)
Recreational Vessels; Violation of 4307(a)
8,267.

46 U.S.C. 4311(c)
Engine Cut-Off Switches; Violation of 4312(b), First Offense
106.

46 U.S.C. 4311(c)
Engine Cut-Off Switches; Violation of 4312(b), Second Offense
265.

46 U.S.C. 4311(c)
Engine Cut-Off Switches; Violation of 4312(b), Subsequent to Second Offense
529.

46 U.S.C. 4311(d)
Recreational Vessels
3,126.

46 U.S.C. 4507
Uninspected Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels
13,132.

46 U.S.C. 4703
Abandonment of Barges
2,224.

46 U.S.C. 5116(a)
Load Lines
14,308.

46 U.S.C. 5116(b)
Load Lines; Violation of 5112(a)
28,619.

46 U.S.C. 5116(c)
Load Lines; Violation of 5112(b)
14,308.

46 U.S.C. 6103(a)
Reporting Marine Casualties
49,848.

46 U.S.C. 6103(b)
Reporting Marine Casualties; Violation of 6104
13,132.

46 U.S.C. 8101(e)
Manning of Inspected Vessels; Failure to Report Deficiency in Vessel Complement
2,365.

46 U.S.C. 8101(f)
Manning of Inspected Vessels
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8101(g)
Manning of Inspected Vessels; Employing or Serving in Capacity not Licensed by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8101(h)
Manning of Inspected Vessels; Freight Vessel <100 GT, Small Passenger Vessel, or Sailing School Vessel
3,126.

46 U.S.C. 8102(a)
Watchmen on Passenger Vessels
3,126.

46 U.S.C. 8103(f)
Citizenship Requirements
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 8104(i)
Watches on Vessels; Violation of 8104(a) or (b)
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8104(j)
Watches on Vessels; Violation of 8104(c), (d), (e), or (h)
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8106(f)
Employing Qualified Available U.S. Citizens or Residents
10,592 Daily/105,923 Maximum.

46 U.S.C. 8302(e)
Staff Department on Vessels
312.

46 U.S.C. 8304(d)
Officer's Competency Certificates
312.

46 U.S.C. 8502(e)
Coastwise Pilotage; Owner, Charterer, Managing Operator, Agent, Master or Individual in Charge
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8502(f)
Coastwise Pilotage; Individual
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8503
Federal Pilots
74,943.

46 U.S.C. 8701(d)
Merchant Mariners Documents
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 8702(e)
Crew Requirements
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 8906
Small Vessel Manning
49,848.

46 U.S.C. 9308(a)
Pilotage: Great Lakes; Owner, Charterer, Managing Operator, Agent, Master or Individual in Charge
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 9308(b)
Pilotage: Great Lakes; Individual
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 9308(c)
Pilotage: Great Lakes; Violation of 9303
23,647.

46 U.S.C. 10104(a)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Mandatory Reporting by Responsible Entity of a Vessel
52,962.

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, violation of 10104(d)(1)
26,481.

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, Daily Noncompliance Penalty
529.

46 U.S.C. 10104(d)(2)
Requirement to Report Sexual Assault and Harassment; Company After Action Summary, Civil Penalty Maximum
52,962.

46 U.S.C. 10314(a)(2)
Pay Advances to Seamen
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 10314(b)
Pay Advances to Seamen; Remuneration for Employment
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 10315(c)
Allotment to Seamen
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 10321
Seamen Protection; General
10,831.

46 U.S.C. 10505(a)(2)
Coastwise Voyages: Advances
10,831.

46 U.S.C. 10505(b)
Coastwise Voyages: Advances; Remuneration for Employment
10,831.

46 U.S.C. 10508(b)
Coastwise Voyages: Seamen Protection; General
10,831.

46 U.S.C. 10711
Effects of Deceased Seamen
625.

46 U.S.C. 10902(a)(2)
Complaints of Unfitness
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 10903(d)
Proceedings on Examination of Vessel
312.

46 U.S.C. 10907(b)
Permission to Make Complaint
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 11101(f)
Accommodations for Seamen
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 11102(b)
Medicine Chests on Vessels
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 11104(b)
Destitute Seamen
312.

46 U.S.C. 11105(c)
Wages on Discharge
1,562.

46 U.S.C. 11303(a)
Log Books; Master Failing to Maintain
625.

46 U.S.C. 11303(b)
Log Books; Master Failing to Make Entry
625.

46 U.S.C. 11303(c)
Log Books; Late Entry
469.

46 U.S.C. 11506
Carrying of Sheath Knives
157.

46 U.S.C. 12151(a)(1)
Vessel Documentation
20,468.

46 U.S.C. 12151(a)(2)
Documentation of Vessels—Related to activities involving mobile offshore drilling units
34,116.

46 U.S.C. 12151(c)
Vessel Documentation; Fishery Endorsement
156,422.

46 U.S.C. 12309(a)
Numbering of Undocumented Vessels—Willful violation
15,628.

46 U.S.C. 12309(b)
Numbering of Undocumented Vessels
3,126.

46 U.S.C. 12507(b)
Vessel Identification System
26,262.

46 U.S.C. 14701
Measurement of Vessels
57,238.

46 U.S.C. 14702
Measurement; False Statements
57,238.

46 U.S.C. 31309
Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens
26,262.

46 U.S.C. 31330(a)(2)
Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens; Mortgagor
26,262.

46 U.S.C. 31330(b)(2)
Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens; Violation of 31329
65,653.

46 U.S.C. 55112(d)
Vessel Escort Operations and Towing Assistance
10,592.

46 U.S.C. 70036(a)
Ports and Waterways Safety Regulations
117,608.

46 U.S.C. 70041(d)(1)(B)
Vessel Navigation: Regattas or Marine Parades; Unlicensed Person in Charge
11,823.

46 U.S.C. 70041(d)(1)(C)
Vessel Navigation: Regattas or Marine Parades; Owner Onboard Vessel
11,823.

46 U.S.C. 70041(d)(1)(D)
Vessel Navigation: Regattas or Marine Parades; Other Persons
5,911.

46 U.S.C. 70052(c)
Regulation of Vessels in Territorial Waters of the United States
26,481.

46 U.S.C. 70119(a)
Port Security
43,527.

46 U.S.C. 70119(b)
Port Security—Continuing Violations
78,210.

46 U.S.C. 70506
Maritime Drug Law Enforcement; Penalties
7,217.

49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(1)
Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Maximum Penalty
102,348.

49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(2)
Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Penalty from Fatalities, Serious Injuries/Illness or Substantial Damage to Property
238,809.

49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(3)
Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Training
617.

1
Enacted under the Tariff Act of 1930 exempt from inflation adjustments.

Title 49—Transportation

PART 1503—INVESTIGATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES

3. The authority citation for part 1503 continues to read as follows:

Authority:

6 U.S.C. 1142; 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 (note); 49 U.S.C. 114, 20109, 31105, 40113-40114, 40119, 44901-44907, 44939, 46101-46107, 46109-46110, 46301, 46305, 46311, 46313-46314; Pub. L. 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) secs. 1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137), 1501 (6 U.S.C. 1151), 1517 (6 U.S.C. 1167), and 1534 (6 U.S.C. 1184).

4. In § 1503.401, revise paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 1503.401
Maximum penalty amounts.

(c)
Certain aviation related violations.
(1) For violations that occurred on or before November 2, 2015, $10,000 per violation, up to a total of $50,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of an individual or small business concern (“small business concern” as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). For violations that occurred between November 2, 2015, and May 16, 2024, $17,062 per violation, up to a total of $85,314 per civil penalty action, in the case of an individual (except an airman serving as an airman), or a small business concern. For violations that occurred on or before May 16, 2024, $10,000 per violation, up to a total of $50,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of an individual or small business concern (“small business concern” as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). For violations that occurred after May 16, 2024, $17,062 per violation, up to a total of $100,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of an individual (except an airman serving as an airman), or a small business concern.

(2) For violations that occurred on or before November 2, 2015, $10,000 per violation, up to a total of $400,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of any other person (except an airman serving as an airman) not operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation. For violations that occurred between November 2, 2015, and May 16, 2024, $17,062 per violation, up to a total of $682,509 per civil penalty action, in the case of any other person (except an airman serving as an airman) not operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation. For violations that occurred on or before May 16, 2024, $10,000 per violation, up to a total of $400,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of any other person (except an airman serving as an airman) not operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation. For violations that occurred after May 16, 2024, $17,062 per violation, up to a total of $1,200,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of any other person (except an airman serving as an airman) not operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation.

(3) For violations that occurred on or before November 2, 2015, $25,000 per violation, up to a total of $400,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of a person operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation (except an individual serving as an airman). For violations that occurred between November 2, 2015, and May 16, 2024, $42,657 per violation, up to a total of $682,509 per civil penalty action, in the case of a person (except an individual serving as an airman) operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation. For violations that occurred on or before May 16, 2024, $25,000 per violation, up to a total of $400,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of a person operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation (except an individual serving as an airman). For violations that occurred after May 16, 2024, $42,657 per violation, up to a total of $1,200,000 per civil penalty action, in the case of a person (except an individual serving as an airman) operating an aircraft for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation.

Joseph Mazzara,
Acting General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

[FR Doc. 2025-23808 Filed 12-23-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9110-04-P; 9110-05-P

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2025-23808. Public record. Not legal advice.