# 2024-31368: Election Law Violations Now Cost More Thanks to Inflation

2024-31368, Civil Monetary Penalties Annual Inflation Adjustments, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31368
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31368
- Title: Civil Monetary Penalties Annual Inflation Adjustments
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Election Law Violations Now Cost More Thanks to Inflation

## Summary

Starting January 3, 2025, the Federal Election Commission is raising certain fines to keep up with inflation. These changes affect anyone who breaks election rules or files reports late under federal election laws. The updated penalties mean bigger bucks for violations, making sure the rules stay fair and tough!

## Abstract

As required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, the Federal Election Commission is adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalties established under the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act. The civil monetary penalties being adjusted are those negotiated by the Commission or imposed by a court for certain statutory violations, and those imposed by the Commission for late filing of or failure to file certain reports required by the Federal Election Campaign Act. The adjusted civil monetary penalties are calculated according to a statutory formula and the adjusted amounts will apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of these rules.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-31368 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31368/civil-monetary-penalties-annual-inflation-adjustments)
- [2024-31368 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31368.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31368 (as of 2026-06-11).