---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2634.702"
title: "5"
number: "2634.702"
heading: "Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2634.702"
---

# §2634.702. Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties.

- (a) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court against any individual who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of § [2634.408(d)(1)](/cfr/5/2634.408.md?p=d-1) or [(e)(1)](/cfr/5/2634.408.md?p=e-1). The court in which the action is brought may assess against the individual a civil monetary penalty in any amount, not to exceed the amounts set forth in table 1 to this [paragraph (a)](#a), as provided by section [5 U.S.C. 13104(f)(6)(C)(i)](/usc/5/13104.md?p=f-6-C-i) and as adjusted in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures prescribed in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended.
- (b) The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court against any individual who negligently violates the provisions of § [2634.408(d)(1)](/cfr/5/2634.408.md?p=d-1) or [(e)(1)](/cfr/5/2634.408.md?p=e-1). The court in which the action is brought may assess against the individual a civil monetary penalty in any amount, not to exceed the amounts set forth in table 2 to this [paragraph (b)](#b), as provided by [5 U.S.C. 13104(f)(6)(C)(ii)](/usc/5/13104.md?p=f-6-C-ii) and as adjusted in accordance with the inflation adjustment procedures of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended.

## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 3611, Jan. 15, 2025]

### Authority

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

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

### Amendments

[90 FR 3611, Jan. 15, 2025]