Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register June 10, 2026. Document 2026-11585. Updated Nov. 10, 2026.
- What it does
Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) imposed new maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) amounts for infractions of agency rules, and required federal agencies that impose CMPs to adjust these new maximum figures annually for inflation. This final rule adopts without change the regulatory text in the interim final rule that we published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2016.
The Social Security Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Social Security Administration has published 3 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 2 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 0960-AI72 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This final rule is effective on June 10, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-11585 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Social Security Administration |
| Published | June 10, 2026 |
| Effective date | June 10, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0960-AI72 |
| Docket | SSA-2022-0007 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register