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  1. Title 5 —Administrative Personnel
  2. Chapter XVI —Office of Government Ethics
  3. Subchapter B —Government Ethics
  4. Part 2634 —Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, Qualified Trusts, and Certificates of Divestiture
  5. Subpart G —Penalties
  6. § 2634.702
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§ 2634.702 Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties.

(a) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court against any individual who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of § 2634.408(d)(1) or (e)(1). The court in which the action is brought may assess against the individual a civil monetary penalty in any amount, not to exceed the amounts set forth in table 1 to this paragraph (a), as provided by section 5 U.S.C. 13104(f)(6)(C)(i) and as adjusted in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures prescribed in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended.

Table 1 to § 2634.702(a)
Date of violation Penalty
Violation occurring between Sept. 29, 1999 and Nov. 2, 2015 $11,000
Violation occurring after Nov. 2, 2015 25,132

(b) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court against any individual who negligently violates the provisions of § 2634.408(d)(1) or (e)(1). The court in which the action is brought may assess against the individual a civil monetary penalty in any amount, not to exceed the amounts set forth in table 2 to this paragraph (b), as provided by 5 U.S.C. 13104(f)(6)(C)(ii) and as adjusted in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended.

Table 2 to § 2634.702(b)
Date of violation Penalty
Violation occurring between Sept. 29, 1999 and Nov. 2, 2015 $5,500
Violation occurring after Nov. 2, 2015 12,567

[90 FR 3611, Jan. 15, 2025]

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