; (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (l) as subsections (f) through (m), respectively; and (6) in subsection (j) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by striking $7,000 and inserting $12,000; . (b) Inflation Adjustment Section 17 of such Act is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Amounts provided under this section for civil penalties shall be adjusted by the Secretary at least once during each 4-year period beginning January 1 after the date of enactment of the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2017 , to account for the percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers during such period. . 707. Criminal penalties (a) In General Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 666 ) (as amended by sections 705 and 706) is further amended— (1) by amending subsection (f), as so redesignated, to read as follows: (f) (1) Any employer who knowingly violates any standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act, and that violation caused or contributed to the death of any employee, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine in accordance with title 18, United States Code, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or by both, except that if the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection or subsection (i), punishment shall be by a fine in accordance title 18, United States Code, by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or by both. (2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term employer means, in addition to the definition contained in section 3, any officer or director. ; (2) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by striking fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, and inserting fine in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years,