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5 CFR § 2634.702 - Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s2634.702"
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title: "5 CFR § 2634.702 - Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "2634.702"
section_name: "Breaches by trust fiduciaries and interested parties."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ETHICS"
part_number: "2634"
part_name: "EXECUTIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF DIVESTITURE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "83 FR 33981, July 18, 2018, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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) or (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), as provided by section 5 U.S.C. 13104(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.

Table 1 to § 2634.702(**a**)

| Date of violation | Penalty |
| --- | --- |
| Violation occurring between Sept. 29, 1999 and Nov. 2, 2015 | $11,000 |
| Violation occurring after Nov. 2, 2015 | 25,132 |

(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) or (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), as provided by 5 U.S.C. 13104(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.

Table 2 to § 2634.702(**b**)

| Date of violation | Penalty |
| --- | --- |
| Violation occurring between Sept. 29, 1999 and Nov. 2, 2015 | $5,500 |
| Violation occurring after Nov. 2, 2015 | 12,567 |

[90 FR 3611, Jan. 15, 2025]