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53 No. 2 Cust. B. 1 (2019)

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection



                      19 CFR PART 4
                      CBP DEC. 18-16
                      RIN 1651-AB32

     CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY ADJUSTMENTS FOR
                       INFLATION

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This rule adjusts for inflation the amounts that U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can assess as civil monetary
penalties for the following two violations-transporting passengers
coastwise for hire by certain vessels (known as Bowaters vessels) that
do not meet specified conditions; and employing a vessel in a trade
without a required Certificate of Documentation. These adjustments
are being made in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Infla-
tion Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) which was
enacted on November 2, 2015. Other CBP civil penalty amounts were
adjusted pursuant to this 2015 Act in rule documents published in the
Federal Register on July 1, 2016; January 27, 2017; December 8,
2017; and April 2, 2018, but the adjustments for these two civil
penalties were inadvertently left out of those documents.
DATES: This rule is effective on December 28, 2018. The adjusted
penalty amounts will be applicable for penalties assessed after
December 28, 2018 if the associated violations occurred after
November 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Millie Gleason,
Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Phone: (202) 325-4291.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
          I. Statutory and Regulatory Background
  On November 2, 2015, the President signed into law the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015

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