---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 506.1"
title: "46"
number: "506.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/506.1"
---

# §506.1. Scope and purpose.


The purpose of this part is to establish a mechanism for the regular adjustment for inflation of monetary penalties and to adjust such penalties in conformity with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 ([28 U.S.C. 2641](/usc/28/2641.md) note) as originally amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, April 26, 1996, and currently amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Act Adjustment Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, in order to maintain the deterrent effect of civil monetary penalties and to promote compliance with the law.


## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 42553, June 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2461.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 52705, Oct. 8, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 42553, June 30, 2016]