Civil Penalties Adjustment for 2026

What it does

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. The NEA is generally required by statute to amend its regulations annually to adjust for inflation the maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) that may be imposed for violations of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (PFCRA) and the NEA's Restrictions on Lobbying. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the NEA will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.

The National Endowment for the Arts's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

45 CFR 1149, 45 CFR 1158

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

Compared with

The National Endowment for the Arts has published 1 final rule in 2026 so far, compared with 1 in all of 2025.

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

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 3135-AA33 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• Jan. 13, 2025 Final rule. Civil Penalties Adjustment for 2025

What happens next and when

This action is effective July 28, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 45 on eCFR

The record as published

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