[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR498.104]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 498_CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES, ASSESSMENTS AND RECOMMENDED EXCLUSIONS
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Sec. 498.104  Amount of assessment.

    A person subject to a penalty determined under Sec. 498.102(a) may 
be subject, in addition, to an assessment of not more than twice the 
amount of benefits or payments paid as a result of the statement or 
representation which was the basis for the penalty. An assessment is in 
lieu of damages sustained by the United States because of such statement 
or representation.

[61 FR 18080, Apr. 24, 1996]