# Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2017-04-20 · Effective 2017-04-20 · 82 FR 18559
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-08034
- **Category:** education-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 18559
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 2017-04-20
- **Effective date:** 2017-04-20
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2016-OGC-0051
## Abstract

The Department of Education (Department) issues these final regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation. An initial "catch-up" adjustment was required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 2017 annual inflation adjustments to the initial "catch-up" adjustments we made on August 1, 2016, through an interim final rule (IFR).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/04/20/2017-08034/adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties-for-inflation)
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