Increased civil penalty for improper entry

Section 275(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325(b)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right; (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by striking Any alien and inserting the following: (1) Civil penalty Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any alien; (3) in paragraph (1)(A), as redesignated, by striking $50 and not more than $250 and inserting $200 and not more than $1,000; (4) in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by striking Civil penalties and inserting the following: (2) Clarification Civil penalties; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (3) Annual inflation adjustment (A) In general Beginning on October 1, 2027, the penalty amounts established under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall be adjusted annually to account for inflation by using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the same manner as civil monetary penalties are adjusted under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note). (B) Publication The Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish the inflation-adjusted amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) in the Federal Register not later than December 15 of each year, and such adjusted amounts shall apply to penalties assessed on or after January 1 of the following year..