1. Regulations
  2. title 5
  3. chapter XVI
  4. part 2634
  5. subpart G
  6. § 2634.703

View all text of Subpart G [§ 2634.701 - § 2634.704]

§ 2634.703 - Misuse of public reports.

(a) 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 5 U.S.C. 13107(c)(1), as incorporated in § 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 the amounts set forth in Table 1 to this section, as provided by 5 U.S.C. 13107(c)(2) 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 § 2634.703(a)

Date of violation Penalty Violation occurring between Sept. 29, 1999 and Nov. 2, 2015$11,000 Violation occurring after Nov. 2, 201524,496

(b) This remedy shall be in addition to any other remedy available under statutory or common law.

[89 FR 1440, Jan. 10, 2024]

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. ch. 131; 26 U.S.C. 1043; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 31001, Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 and sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Pub. L. 112-105, 126 Stat. 291; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306.

SOURCE: 83 FR 33981, July 18, 2018, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 5 CFR 2634.703