Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties

What it does

The Federal Maritime Commission (the Commission or FMC)'s civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. The FMC is generally required by statute to annually adjust for inflation the maximum civil penalty amounts subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), however, the FMC will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels due to the absence of a cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.

The Federal Maritime Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

46 CFR 506

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Federal Maritime Commission has published 2 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3072-AD05 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective June 2, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FMC-2026-0232 on Regulations.gov
• Title 46 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register