29 CFR § 4071.1 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s4071.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 4071.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "4071.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"
part_number: "4071"
part_name: "PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICES OR OTHER MATERIAL INFORMATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended by sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599-601; 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1371."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 36994, July 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4071"
---


# 4071.1 Purpose and scope.

This part specifies the maximum daily amount of penalties that may be assessed by the PBGC under ERISA section 4071 for certain failures to provide notices or other material information, as such amount has been adjusted to account for inflation pursuant to the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.