# 2026-19687: NASA says no penalty hikes thanks to inflation pause

2026-19687, Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act and Adjustment of Amounts for 2025-Continuation, is a Federal Register notice from National Aeronautics and Space Administration published 2026-09-25, effective 2026-01-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-02).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19687
- As of: 2026-10-02
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19687
- Title: Implementation of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act and Adjustment of Amounts for 2025-Continuation
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 60987
- Published: 2026-09-25
- Effective: 2026-01-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-02

## In one line

NASA says no penalty hikes thanks to inflation pause

## Summary

NASA is keeping its civil penalty amounts the same for 2026 because there’s no inflation increase this year. This means anyone facing NASA fines won’t see higher costs, thanks to a pause in inflation data. The change follows government rules and keeps 2025 penalty levels in place through 2026.

## Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is notifying the public that its civil monetary penalty amounts will not increase for the 2026 calendar year. NASA is required by statute to amend its regulations annually to make inflation adjustments to civil monetary penalties it assesses or enforces. In accordance with guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NASA will continue to use the 2025 civil monetary penalty levels because there is no cost-of-living adjustment for 2026.

## Effects PRIA read

- NASA civil penalties unchanged for 2026: benefit, low. NASA will keep its civil monetary penalty amounts at the 2025 levels for the 2026 calendar year. There will be no inflation-based increase for 2026 because the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish the October 2025 CPI-U and OMB Memorandum M-26-11 directs agencies to continue using 2025 penalt…

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## Sources
- [2026-19687 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/25/2026-19687/implementation-of-the-federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment-act-and-adjustment-of-amounts-for)
- [2026-19687 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-25/pdf/2026-19687.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19687 (as of 2026-10-02).