---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 6.2"
title: "15"
number: "6.2"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/6.2"
---

# §6.2. Purpose and scope.


The purpose of this part is to make adjustments for inflation to civil monetary penalties, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-410; [28 U.S.C. 2461](/usc/28/2461.md)), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-134) and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ([Section 701](/cfr/15/701.md) of Pub. L. 114-74), of each civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Commerce (Department of Commerce).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (31 U.S.C. 3701 note); Sec. 701 of Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599 (28 U.S.C. 1 note; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note).

### Source

Source: 89 FR 106310, Dec. 30, 2024, unless otherwise noted.