Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

What it does

The Railroad Retirement Board amends its regulations to remove provisions purporting to set and adjust civil monetary penalties assessed under the False Claims Act. The amendment also removes obsolete language relating to a one-time catch-up inflation adjustment that was completed in 2016 and changes references to the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act to refer to the Administrative False Claims Act.

The Railroad Retirement Board's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

20 CFR 356

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

Compared with

The Railroad Retirement Board has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 4 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 3220-AB89 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective August 10, 2026 without further action, unless adverse comment is received by July 27, 2026. If adverse comment is received, the Railroad Retirement Board will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 20 on eCFR

The record as published

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