# PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA), agency is EPA; statutory authority is 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1); maximum penalty is 14,308, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** EPA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 14,308 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3802> 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) | PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA) | 14,308 | 13,946 | 5,000

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-19/section-19.4

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).