[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR85.2]

[Page 373]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 85--CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES INFLATION ADJUSTMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 85.2  Calculation of adjustment.

    (a) The inflation adjustments described in Sec. 85.3 were determined 
by increasing the maximum civil monetary penalty or the range of minimum 
and maximum civil monetary penalties, as applicable, for each civil 
monetary penalty assessed or enforced by the Department of Justice by 
the cost-of-living adjustment as that term is defined by the Federal 
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-410. Any 
increase so determined was rounded to the nearest--
    (1) Multiples of $10 in the case of penalties less than or equal to 
$100;
    (2) Multiples of $100 in the case of penalties greater than $100 but 
less than or equal to $1,000;
    (3) Multiples of $1000 in the case of penalties greater than $1000 
but less than or equal to $10,000;
    (4) Multiples of $5,000 in the case of penalties greater than 
$10,000 but less than or equal to $100,000;
    (5) Multiples of $10,000 in the case of penalties greater than 
$100,000 but less than or equal to $200,000; and
    (6) Multiples of $25,000 in the case of penalties greater than 
$200,000.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, 
the initial adjustment for each penalty is capped at 10%.