41 CFR § 105-70.031 - Determining the amount of penalties and assessments.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t41/s105-70.031"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "41 CFR § 105-70.031 - Determining the amount of penalties and assessments."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "105-70.031"
section_name: "Determining the amount of penalties and assessments."
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "105-70"
part_name: "70—IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT OF 1986"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "40 U.S.C. 121(c); 31 U.S.C. 3809."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 45188, Nov. 25, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "105-70"
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# 105-70.031 Determining the amount of penalties and assessments.
In determining an appropriate amount of civil penalties and assessments, the ALJ and the Authority Head, upon appeal, should evaluate any circumstances presented that mitigate or aggravate the violation and should articulate in their opinions the reasons that support the penalties and assessments they impose.