# Disaster Relief Act of 1974; 7 Violation (per violation) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Disaster Relief Act of 1974; 7 Violation (per violation), agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 42 U.S.C. 5157(d); maximum penalty is 16,590, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Disaster Relief Act of 1974; 7 Violation (per violation) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 42 U.S.C. 5157(d) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 16,590 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/5157> 42 U.S.C. 5157(d) | Disaster Relief Act of 1974; 7 Violation (per violation) | | 16,170 | 16,590

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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