---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 11.31"
title: "50"
number: "11.31"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/11.31"
---

# §11.31. Definitions.

- (a) Civil monetary penalty means 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 for by Federal law;
  - (2) Is assessed or enforced by an agency pursuant to Federal law; and
  - (3) Is assessed or enforced pursuant to an administrative proceeding or a civil action in the Federal courts.
- (b) Inflation Adjustment Act means the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-74, November 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 584, [28 U.S.C. 2461](/usc/28/2461.md) note).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 41865, June 28, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm, 470aaa-470aaa-11, 668-668d, 1361-1384, 1401-1407, 1531-1544, 3371-3378, 4201-4245, 4901-4916, 5201-5207, 5301-5306; 18 U.S.C. 42-43; 25 U.S.C. 3001-3013; and Sec. 107, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 1159, Jan. 4, 1974, unless otherwise noted.