# 2025-15110: Anglers Beware: Fishing Fines Inflated by Army Corps!

2025-15110, Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule, is a Federal Register rule from Defense Department, Engineers Corps published 2025-08-08; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15110
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15110
- Title: Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: Defense Department; Engineers Corps
- Citation: 90 FR 38403
- Published: 2025-08-08
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: 0710-AB57
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Anglers Beware: Fishing Fines Inflated by Army Corps!

## Summary

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is raising fines for breaking water and fishing rules to keep up with inflation. This means anyone who violates laws about rivers, harbors, or fishing could face bigger penalties starting soon. It’s all about making sure the rules stay fair and the environment stays protected!

## Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is issuing this final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (CMP) under the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1922 (RHA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the National Fishing Enhancement Act (NFEA) to account for inflation.

## Effects PRIA read

- Inflation-Adjusted Water & Fishing Fines: cost, low. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is raising civil monetary penalties for violations under the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1922, the Clean Water Act, and the National Fishing Enhancement Act to account for inflation. If you break rules about rivers, harbors, or fishing that the Corps enf…

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## Sources
- [2025-15110 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/08/2025-15110/civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustment-rule)
- [2025-15110 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-08/pdf/2025-15110.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15110 (as of 2026-06-08).