# Employing Qualified Available U.S. Citizens or Residents — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Employing Qualified Available U.S. Citizens or Residents, agency is U.S. Coast Guard; statutory authority is 46 U.S.C. 8106(f); maximum penalty is 10,592 Daily/105,923 Maximum, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** U.S. Coast Guard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Employing Qualified Available U.S. Citizens or Residents _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 46 U.S.C. 8106(f) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 10,592 Daily/105,923 Maximum _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/46/8106> 46 U.S.C. 8106(f) | Employing Qualified Available U.S. Citizens or Residents | 10,592 Daily/105,923 Maximum.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-27/section-27.3

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