[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2634.703]

[Page 532]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2634_EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND 
CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G_Penalties
 
Sec. 2634.703  Misuse of public reports.

    The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any person who 
obtains or uses a report filed under this part for any purpose 
prohibited by section 105(c)(1) of the Act, as incorporated in Sec. 
2634.603(f). The court in which the action is brought may assess against 
the person a civil monetary penalty in any amount, not to exceed 
$10,000, as provided by section 105(c)(2) of the Act, for any such 
violation occurring before September 29, 1999, as adjusted effective 
September 29, 1999 to $11,000 for any such violation occurring on or 
after that date, in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures 
prescribed in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 
1990, as amended. This remedy shall be in addition to any other remedy 
available under statutory or common law.

[57 FR 11824, Apr. 7, 1992, as amended at 64 FR 47097, Aug. 30, 1999]