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Final rule.
This final rule adjusts certain civil monetary penalties for inflation. This action is required by the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, to preserve the deterrent effect of civil monetary penalties.