---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 269.2"
title: "32"
number: "269.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/269.2"
---

# §269.2. Definitions.

- (a) **Department.** The Department of Defense.
- (b) **Civil monetary penalty.** Any penalty, fine, or other sanction that:
  - (1)
    - (i) Is for a specific monetary amount as provided by Federal law; or
    - (ii) Has a maximum amount provided by Federal law; and
  - (2) Is assessed or enforced by the Department pursuant to Federal law; and
  - (3) Is assessed or enforced pursuant to an administrative proceeding or a civil action in the Federal Courts.
- (c) **Consumer Price Index.** The index for all urban consumers published by the Department of Labor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 67945, Dec. 26, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 33391, May 26, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 67945, Dec. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 67945, Dec. 26, 1996, as amended at 81 FR 33391, May 26, 2016]