20 CFR § 438.405 - Penalty procedures.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s438.405"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 438.405 - Penalty procedures."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "438.405"
section_name: "Penalty procedures."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "438"
part_name: "RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 28745, May 27, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "438"
---


# 438.405 Penalty procedures.

We will impose and collect civil penalties pursuant to the provisions of the Program Fraud and Civil Remedies Act, 31 U.S.C. sections 3803 (except subsection (c)), 3804, 3805, 3806, 3807, 3808, and 3812, to the extent these provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements in this part.